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Tormentas catastróficas, El Niño y estabilidad de parches en una comunidad de algas del sur de California

P K Dayton, M J Tegner

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |April 20, 1984
    PubMed
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    Las tormentas de invierno dañaron los doseles de algas gigantes en el sur de California, mientras que las algas subterráneas sobrevivieron. Las condiciones subsecuentes de El Niño impidieron la recuperación de las algas gigantes, alterando potencialmente la estructura del bosque de algas a largo plazo.

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