Starko_et_al_JPhycol_KelpAgeData.xlsx

Data associated with Starko et al. (2025). Journal of Phycology. Asynchronous shifts in the demographics of two wave-swept kelp species (Laminariales) after nearly four decades.
Data are age estimates based on stipe ring counts from two species, Laminaria setchellii and Pterygophora california, from Wizard Islet, Bamfield, British Columbia. Data were collected in 2020 by the authors and compared to historical data from DeWreede (1984) and Klinger & DeWreede (1988). Historical data are also included and were extracted from the original papers using GraphClick software.