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Science 22 June 1984:
Vol. 224. no. 4655, pp. 1336 - 1338
DOI: 10.1126/science.224.4655.1336
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Community Recovery After Storm Damage: A Case of Facilitation in Primary Succession

LARRY G. HARRIS 1, ALFRED W. EBELING 2, DAVID R. LAUR 2, and ROBERT J. ROWLEY 2

1 Department of Zoology, University of New Hampshire, Durham 03824
2 Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106

Manipulations of early arriving, fast-growing algal stands, which appeared soon after a severe storm denuded a Southern California marine reef habiatat, indicated that the dense cover protected newly settled kelp plants from excessive damage by grazing fishes. This is an example of refuge facilitation in primary succession after a major natural disturbance, a mechanism that may contribute substantially to the regeneration of a kelp forest.

Submitted on January 30, 1984
Accepted on April 24, 1984


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