Kelp forest - Wikipedia
Kelp forests are underwater areas with a high density of kelp, which covers a large part of the world's coastlines. Smaller areas of anchored kelp are called kelp beds. They are recognized as one of the most productive and dynamic ecosystems on Earth.
Stunning Underwater Kelp Forests | The Wild Place | BBC Earth
In the Southernmost tip of South American, in Tierra del Fuego, kelp forests provide a unique ecosystem for many animals including king crabs, jellyfish and ...
What is a kelp forest? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
2024年6月16日 — Kelp are large brown algae that live in cool, relatively shallow waters close to the shore. They grow in dense groupings much like a forest on land. These underwater towers of kelp provide food and shelter for thousands of fish, invertebrates, and marine mammal species.
Kelp Forest - Oceana
Kelp forests are underwater ecosystems formed in shallow water by the dense growth of several different species known as kelp. Though they look very much like plants, kelps are actually extremely large brown algae.
Kelp and Kelp Forests - Smithsonian Ocean
Multiple species in a forest create a three-dimensional habitat similar to a tropical rainforest on land. Kelp forests can have a sunny canopy, shaded understory, and darkened seafloor. Often, the kelp understory and seafloor also include other algae species.
Kelp Forest | NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
These underwater towers of kelp provide food, shelter, and protection for all kinds of marine life, including seals, sea lions, sea otters, invertebrates, fish, whales, birds, and more.
Kelp Forest - WorldAtlas
2021年4月30日 — Kelp forests are underwater ecosystems fashioned through the dense growth of different species of marine macroalgae. These terrestrial rainforests are spread along temperate coastlines across the world where the waters are shallow and relatively clear to enable the penetration of sunlight for them to generate food and energy.
The underwater Amazon: Kelp forests are crucial to the fight …
2024年3月21日 — Throughout the world's oceans, forests of kelp—crucial to biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and coastal protection—are under threat from climate change, pollution, and human development. Will they disappear before we …
Kelp Forest Ecosystems Background | Office of National Marine …
Bull kelp is a habitat forming species in our nearshore ecosystems in northern California. This brown algae forms incredible underwater forests that historically supported economically-significant commercial and recreational fisheries, as well …
The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests
2023年4月18日 — Vast underwater forests of kelp (defined here as brown macroalgae in the order Laminariales) along polar to subtropical coastlines have enormous value to peoples across multiple continents and...