V. Selected Kelp Forest/Rocky Subtidal Resources
Research/Monitoring Institutions
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Books/Journal Articles:
Dayton, P. K., Tegner, P. E., Parnell, P. E. and P. B. Edwards. 1992. Temporal and spatial patterns of disturbance and recovery in a kelp forest community. Ecological Monographs 62(3):421-445.
Foster, M. S. and D. R. Schiel. 1985. The ecology of giant kelp forests in California: a community profile. US Fish and Wildlife Biological report 85(7.2).
Estes, J. A. and J. F. Palmisano. 1974. Sea otters: their role in structuring nearshore communities. Science 185:1058-1060.
Foster, M. S. and D. R. Schiel.1988. Kelp communities and sea otters: keystone species or just another brick in the wall? in The community ecology of sea otters. VanBlaricom and Estes (eds.) pp. 92-115.
Harrold, C., Watanabe, J. and S. Lisin. 1988. Spatial variation in the structure of kelp forest communities along a wave exposure gradient. P.S.Z.N.I. Marine Ecology 9(2):131-156.
Leet, W. S., Dewees, C. M. and C. W. Haugen, eds. 1992. California's living resoures and their utilization. 257pp. Sea Grant Extension Publishers. Davis.
Kimura, R. S. and M. S. Foster. 1984. The effects of harvesting Macrocystis pyrifera on the algal assemblage in a giant kelp forest. Hydrobiologia 116/117: 425-428.
Watanabe, J. M. and C. Harrold. 1991. Desrtuctive grazing by sea urchins
Strongylocentrotus spp. in a central California kelp forest: potential roles of recruitment, depth, and predation. Marine Ecology Progress Series 71:125-141.
Internet Resources:
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
http://color.mlml.calstate.edu/www
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