Kai Moore

ITS internal transcribed spacer MFA multiple factor analysis SST sea surface temperature INTRODUCTION Egregia menziesii (Turn.) Aresch., as generally understood, is common along the whole coast and presents a number of very distinct and puzzling forms. (Setchell, 1896, p. 43) The feather boa kelp Egregia menziesii is a canopy-forming foundation species that grows in intertidal and subtidal habitats along the Pacific coast of North America.