Hurricane-mediated defoliation of kelp beds and pulsed delivery of kelp detritus to offshore sedimentary habitats

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• canopy 39%
• coast 29%
• connectivity 20%
• defoliation 97%
• detrital deposit 40%
• detritus 75%
• disturbance 17%
• ecosystem 14%
• food 16%
• habitat 45%
• hurricane 71%
• loss 12%
• material 9%
• sea 26%
• shallow water 20%

Agriculture & Biology

• canopy 14%
• coasts 14%
• defoliation 77%
• detritus 87%
• Echinoidea 19%
• ecosystems 6%
• habitats 42%
• hurricanes 100%
• macroalgae 73%
• Nova Scotia 11%
• Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis 14%
• water 3%