Sessile invertebrate assemblages on artificial structures at a commercial kelp farm and on natural substrates at an adjacent kelp forest site, Lüderitz, Namibia: baseline patterns of spatial and temporal variation
Kelp aquaculture is expanding globally, yet baseline information on sessile invertebrates associated with farm infrastructure remains limited in southern Africa. We characterised assemblages on artificial structures at a commercial Macrocystis pyrifera farm in Shearwater Bay and on natural substrates within an adjacent...