MASS-DISTRIBUTION IN THE FRONDS OF MACROCYSTIS-PYRIFERA FROM NEW-ZEALAND AND CALIFORNIA

Authors
NYMAN MA BROWN MT NEUSHUL M HARGER BWW KEOGH JA
Citation
Ma. Nyman et al., MASS-DISTRIBUTION IN THE FRONDS OF MACROCYSTIS-PYRIFERA FROM NEW-ZEALAND AND CALIFORNIA, Hydrobiologia, 261, 1993, pp. 57-65
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Hydrobiologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00188158
Volume
261
Year of publication
1993
Pages
57 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-8158(1993)261:<57:MITFOM>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The mass distribution along the fronds of Macrocystis is examined for plants collected from California and New Zealand. Analysis of fronds c lassified according to length and condition yields polynomial curves f or cumulative mass as a function of distance above the holdfast. Model s for this functional relationship are discussed. Similarities and dif ferences between the deep-water California plant and the shallow-water New Zealand plant are highlighted.