Table 4 Numbers of species in the most species-rich kelp genera in each of 11 world marine regions (for explanation of region codes, see Table 2)
| Â | OKHO | JAPK | ALSK | TNEP | ARCT | TNWA | TNEA | TSAM | SOCE | TSAF | AUST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaria (15) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Laminaria (22) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Saccharina (20) | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ecklonia (7) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Eisenia (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lessonia (9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 |