Evaluation, management, and cultivation of Macrocystis kelp forests
Giant kelp, Macrocystis, is a marine plant of significant commercial value with great promise for expanded usage in the future. It is widely distributed among temperate waters of the southern hemisphere, although it occurs only in the eastern Pacific in the northern hemisphere. This survey of the evaluation, management, and cultivation of Macrocystis kelp forests is presented under the following section headings: Macrocystis biology (distribution and ecology, physiology, nutrition, and productivity); resource aspects; controlling factors in Macrocystis ecology (waves and storms, temperature, nutrients, grazing and predation, and competition); human influences (municipal waste waters, kelp harvesting, miscellaneous factors); kelp culturing and restoration (control of predators and competitors, transplanting and culturing); Macrocystis biomass as an energy source; and, possibilities for fertilizing Macrocystis beds. (JGB)
- Research Organization:
- California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, CA (USA). W.M. Keck Lab. of Engineering Materials
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76ET20000
- OSTI ID:
- 5007205
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-7811175-1
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Symposium on chilean algae, Santiago, Chile, 21 Nov 1978
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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