Investigations into the functioning of phytoplankton, zooplankton, kelp and benthic communities at the Prince Edward Islands

Abstract Several questions pertaining to the marine communities at the Prince Edward Islands are addressed. Firstly, the nature of the 'island-mass effect', and the cause of the frequently recorded diatom blooms in the area are examined. It had been suggested that the cause of the blooms i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Attwood, Colin Graham
Other Authors: Branch, George M
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21843