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Measuring growth, production, and yield of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera

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  1. Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 101 Dahlia Street, 92625, Corona del Mar, CA, U.S.A.

    W. J. North

  2. Maine Sciences Research Centerine Sciences Research Centerine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, 11794, Stone Brook, NY, U.S.A.

    V. A. Gerard

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Gerard, V.A., North, W.J. Measuring growth, production, and yield of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera . Hydrobiologia 116, 321–324 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027695

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