 Kelp
"Kelp" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Large, robust forms of brown algae (PHAEOPHYCEAE) in the order Laminariales. They are a major component of the lower intertidal and sublittoral zones on rocky coasts in temperate and polar waters. Kelp, a kind of SEAWEED, usually refers to species in the genera LAMINARIA or MACROCYSTIS, but the term may also be used for species in FUCUS or Nereocystis.
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D044423
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.750.600.425 B05.080.750.450
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Hargarten HL, Johansson ML, Reed DC, Coelho NC, Siegel DA, Alberto F. Seascape genetics of the stalked kelp Pterygophora californica and comparative population genetics in the Santa Barbara Channel. J Phycol. 2020 Feb; 56(1):110-120.
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Lamy T, Reed DC, Rassweiler A, Siegel DA, Kui L, Bell TW, Simons RD, Miller RJ. Scale-specific drivers of kelp forest communities. Oecologia. 2018 Jan; 186(1):217-233.
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Castorani MC, Reed DC, Raimondi PT, Alberto F, Bell TW, Cavanaugh KC, Siegel DA, Simons RD. Fluctuations in population fecundity drive variation in demographic connectivity and metapopulation dynamics. Proc Biol Sci. 2017 Jan 25; 284(1847).
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Rosen JE, Gardiner P, Saper RB, Pearce EN, Hammer K, Gupta-Lawrence RL, Lee SL. Kelp use in patients with thyroid cancer. Endocrine. 2014 May; 46(1):123-30.
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Reed DC, Rassweiler A, Carr MH, Cavanaugh KC, Malone DP, Siegel DA. Wave disturbance overwhelms top-down and bottom-up control of primary production in California kelp forests. Ecology. 2011 Nov; 92(11):2108-16.
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