Transplanted kelp reefs at Maria Island, TAS, Australia

Data accompanying Layton et al. 2019, Resilience and stability of kelp forests: the importance of patch dynamics and environment-engineer feedbacks. PLOS ONE.To explore how resilience and stability of kelp habitats is influenced by this habitat degradation, we created an array of patch reefs of various sizes and supporting adult Ecklonia radiata kelp transplanted at different densities. This enabled testing of how sub-canopy abiotic conditions change with reductions in patch size and adult kelp density, and how this influenced demographic processes of microscopic and macroscopic juvenile kelp.

本数据集为Layton等人2019年发表于《PLOS ONE》的论文《海藻林的恢复力与稳定性：斑块动态与环境工程师反馈的重要性》的配套数据。为探究该栖息地退化对海藻生境恢复力与稳定性的影响机制，我们构建了一系列不同尺寸的斑块礁，并以不同移植密度定植成年辐射马尾藻（Ecklonia radiata）。借此得以检验冠层下非生物条件如何随斑块尺寸缩小与成年海藻密度降低发生变化，以及该变化如何影响微观与宏观阶段幼海藻的种群动态过程。