Loss of Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, driven by marine heatwaves and exacerbated by poor water clarity in New Zealand

Tait LW, Thoral F, Pinkerton MH, Thomsen MS and Schiel DR (2021). Front. Mar. Sci. 8:721087.

marine heat wave, kelp, climate change, remote sensing, Macrocystis pyrifera, water clarity, chlorophyll-a, nutrients

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