A biological study of Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot and D ...

Figure 5.9. CLIFF FACES AT TADTUKU. The cliff face on the left
(largely covered with a bleached encrusting coralline) is fully
exposed to south, southwest and southeast swells. The impact force
of the waves is very strong. D. antarctica plants are all the high
uTIpact form. The cliff face to the right of the picture lies
parallel to tlle direction of the waves, and is less exposed. Plants
on this face have been removed (the stipe stumps can be seen on the
right). They were all thonged form plants similar to those in the
foreground. The cliff in the b~ckground is approximately 18 m highh