FIGURES 



Number Page 



1 The morphology and life history of Macrocystis 3 



2 The geographic distribution of the species of Macrocystis 5 



3 The distribution of common seaweeds within giant kelp forests ... 6 



4 Water motion produced by swells in shallow water 17 



5 Factors, factor interactions, and regulatory pathways affecting the 

 algal associations in two giant kelp forests 19 



6 Cross-section showing the inhabitants of a generalized giant kelp 

 forest 21 



7 The distribution of algae that form surface canopies in the north- 

 east Pacific 22 



8 Location of the ten kelp forests described in Chapter 3 23 



9 The distribution of conspicuous plants and animals found in five 

 central California kelp forests 24 



10 The distribution of conspicuous plants and animals found in five 

 southern California kelp forests 25 



11 A generalized food web for a kelp forest 40 



12 A food web for the Point Cabrillo kelp forest 41 



13 Generalized control web of factors and interactions affecting the 

 distribution and abundance of organisms in a kelp forest 42 



14 Common benthic diatoms and a mysid shrimp 44 



15 A survivorship curve for Macrocystis pyrifera 47 



16 Colonization times for the more abundant algal species that re- 

 cruited to artificial substrata in a kelp forest at Santa Cruz 

 Island 53 



17 Common understory algae 54 



18 Relationship between the canopy cover of Macrocystis and upright 

 (non-encrusting) understory algal cover 54 



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