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

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than at Ohau Point where it is found only rarely.<br />

Mean length <strong>of</strong> large D. antarotioa ut Tautuku decreased rapidly<br />

after March 1974, but the mean length <strong>of</strong> small specimens did not<br />

decline until after July (Fig. 7.13). This was because the<br />

specimens ~oJere afforded some shelter by the larger plants, until mid<br />

winter when many large plants were detached <strong>and</strong> most 'IIlere battered.<br />

Unlike specimens a'c Tautuku or Ohau Point, marked D. antCU'otiaa<br />

at Ocu:o gre"l more $lo~rly in SUll'IUler than in winter. This 'was because<br />

plants at Oaro Reef '

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