seasonal patterns of sporophyte growth, fertility, fouling, and mortality of saccharina latissima in skagerrak, norway implications for forest recovery季节性的孢子体增长,生育、污垢和死亡率的saccharina latissima在斯卡格拉克海峡,挪威对森林恢复的影响.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Marine Biology Volume 2011, Article ID 690375, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2011/690375 Research Article Seasonal Patterns of Sporophyte Growth, Fertility, Fouling, and Mortality of Saccharina latissima in Skagerrak, Norway: Implications for Forest Recovery Guri Sogn Andersen,1 Henning Steen,2 Hartvig Christie,3 Stein Fredriksen,1 and Frithjof Emil Moy2 1 Department of Biology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1066, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway 2 Flødevigen Research Station, Institute of Marine Research, Nye Flødevigveien 20, 4817 His, Norway 3 Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway ´ Correspondence should be addressed to Guri Sogn Andersen, g.s.andersen@bio.uio.no Received 15 December 2010; Revised 17 June 2011; Accepted 10 July 2011 Academic Editor: Andrew McMinn Copyright © 2011 Guri Sogn Andersen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. On the Skagerrak coast the kelp Saccharina latissima has suffered severe stand reductions over the last decade, resulting in loss of important habitats. In the present study, healthy kelp plants were transplanted into four deforested areas and their patterns of growth, reproduction, and survival were monitored through subsequent seasons. Our main objective was to establish whether the kelp plants were able to grow and mature in deforested areas. We observed normal patterns of growth and maturation at all study sites. However, heavy fouling by epiphytes occurred each summer, followed by high kelp mortality. The s