Slow recovery from disturbance: a 20 year study of Ascophyllum canopy clearances
We describe an experiment where Ascophyllym nodosum was removed from two 1 x 1 m plots in south-western Iceland in August 1985. The plots were studied regularly until 2005. Recovery of the Ascophyllum canopy took 7-8 years. The understorey algae in one of the plots consisted mostly of extensive grow...
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| Language: | English |
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2008.
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