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

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GHOWTl i AND MORTAL lTV<br />

701 INTRODOCTION<br />

7.2 GHOWTH<br />

7.3 MORTAUTY<br />

7" 4 SUMrvm.RY OF RESULTS<br />

POPUl.ATION STUDI<br />

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8.1 INTRODUCTION 174<br />

8.2 POPULATION STRUCTURE 174<br />

8.3 SEASONAL FLUCTUATION IN s'rAl\IDING CROP OF<br />

D. ANTARC'l'ICA 175<br />

8.4 EFFECT OF WAVE FORCE ON NUME1UCAL DENSITY<br />

,n,ND STANDING CHOP OF ANTARCTICA 176<br />

8 ~ 5 S'l'ANDING CROP EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF<br />

SHORE LENGTH<br />

8.6 STANDING CROP OF<br />

EXPERIMENTAL REMOVAL<br />

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DURVILLAEA J.\ND<br />

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9.1 INTRODUCTION 185<br />

9.2 THE EFFECTS OF HARVESTING DURVrLLAEA 185<br />

9.3 GROWTH AND RECOLONISIMG PLANTS 193<br />

9.4 EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT HARVESTING TECHNIQUES 196<br />

9" 5 EXPERINENTAL REMOVAL OF D. 199<br />

9.6 SUMMARY OF RESULTS 201<br />

DISCUSSION<br />

10.1 SPECIATION<br />

10.2 DISTRIBUTION<br />

10.3 MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION AND HAJ3ITAT<br />

DIVERSITY<br />

10.4 REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY<br />

10.5 GROWTH<br />

0.6 MORTALITY<br />

10,7 REMARKS CONCERNING LONGEVITY<br />

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10,8 POPULATION STUDIES 227<br />

10.9 INTERPRETATION OF HARVESTING EXPERIMEN'rS 230<br />

10.10 THE RESOURCE REW\TIVE TO INDUSTRIAL<br />

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10.11 SUMMARY<br />

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