Table 4. Kelp forest biomass/m 2 of bottom (includes water column from 

 surface to bottom). 



Location Wet kg/m 2 Reference 



Macrocystis pyrifera 9 



La Jolla, California 6 -10 Aleem 1973 



Southern California and Baja 



California, Mexico 3 -22 North 1971b 



Paradise Cove, California 4.4 - 5.8 McFarland and Prescott 1959 



Goleta, California 7 - 9 Coon 1982 



Pacific Grove, California 5.9 Towle and Pearse 1973 



Pacific Grove, California 0.7 - 6.3 Gerard 1976 



British Columbia b 4.2 - 4.7 Field and Clark 1978 



Understory Algae ( Other Than Macrocystis ) Within Macrocystis Forests 



La Jolla, California 4.8 Aleem 1973 



Bird Rock, California 0.47 North 1971b 



Paradise Cove, California 0.02- 0.5 McFarland and Prescott 1959 



Monterey, California 0.03- 0.7 Breda 1982 



Monterey, California 2.0 Pearse and Hines 1976 



Monterey, California 2.4 - 5.2 Gerard and Garrison 1971 



Santa Cruz, California 0.07- 0.9 Breda 1982 



Santa Cruz, California 0.02- 0.04 Pearse and Hines 1979 



Benthic Invertebrates 



Baja California, Mexico 0.6 Woollacott and North 1971 



La Jolla, California 0.11- 0.41 e Aleem 1973 



Monterey, California 0.025- 0.37 Gerard and Garrison 1971 



Fish 



Southern California and Mexico 0.01- 0.046 Quast 1971b 



Pacific Grove, California 0.07- 0.11 Miller and Geibel 1973 



a Modified from Coon 1982. 



Mixed Macrocystis integrifol ia and Nereocystis luetkeana . 



Data from Breda (1982) for red algae only, and converted from dry weight 

 values (dry = 0.12 wet) . 



Estimates do not include large, mobile invertebrates, those on plants, or 

 those living in kelp holdfasts. 



Includes mobile invertebrates on the bottom. 



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