Ecological Archives E096-270-A2
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Appendix B. Relationship between giant kelp canopy biomass and sorus area density.
Appendix description
Fig. B1. Relationship between canopy biomass and the density of sorus area (spore-bearing tissue). Shading represents 95% confidence interval of linear regression. Sorus area density was measured at the San Clemente Artificial Reef in San Clemente, California, USA. Briefly, each spring from 2000 to 2004 at 7 artificial reef sites, divers quantified mean sorus area of adults (up to 30 individuals per site per year; detailed methods in Reed et al. 2006). Canopy biomass estimates were collected from the same locations and dates using Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper satellite imagery (calibrated by diver surveys; detailed methods in Cavanaugh et al. 2011).
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