The giant kelp receives its name from its incredible size.

Juvenile giant kelp grow directly upon their parent female gametophyte.

Except for limited taking of giant kelp, all living marine resources are protected.

Commercial taking of giant kelp and bull kelp is also prohibited.

Mortality on the bottom of the reef is much higher than on the giant kelp.

The largest stramenopiles are giant kelp from the northwestern Pacific.

It also eats other marine vegetation such as sea lettuce and giant kelp.

On the Californian coast, giant kelp also flourishes and by summer, grows at the rate of a metre a day.

The giant kelp that creates underwater forests in the ocean belongs to the large group of plants called algae.

It was not small particles which needed study but the giant kelp: fully visible and certainly vulnerable.