Modeled Kelp Parameters with Simulated Destructive Grazing by Sea Urchins. A Canadian Healthy Oceans Network Ecosystem Function Project, EF-11

Abstract

Modeled mean, maximum, and minimum kelp biomass, production, kelp blade erosion, dislodgement, mortality, and total detrital production during the transition from a kelp bed to an urchin barren over 34 years. This transition is caused by the progression of a simulated sea urchin grazing front