kelp forest

Some species can be very long and form kelp forests.

Kelp forests have been important to human existence for thousands of years.

Also common along the coast are kelp forests and rock reefs.

However, the influence of humans has often contributed to kelp forest degradation.

Until the last few centuries, however, there had been little incentive to do so; the great kelp forests provided for all their needs.

They are demersal fish, found among rocks and kelp forests.

They meet a strange group of mer who have short hair and keep to kelp forests.

Yet the experience I remember best was in quite a different place - one of the Japanese kelp forests.

Kelp forests sway at the feet of rugged sea cliffs.

It forms thick beds on rocks, and is an important part of kelp forests.

The greater the acceleration, the greater damage to kelp forests, for example.

It was like looking at a kelp forest when the tide drags the strands outward.

Darwin noted the immense number of organisms dependent on the kelp forests.

A dependable food source, such as kelp forest or coral reef is usually nearby.

Kelp forests draw their name from an analogy to forests on land.

The classic example is of kelp forest ecosystems.

For example, kelp forests can influence coastal oceanographic patterns and provide many ecosystem services.

As a result the sea urchin population has increased dramatically over time and the health of kelp forests is threatened.

All of these are examples of ecosystem services provided specifically by kelp forests.

The otters are the keystone species of a coastal ecosystem called kelp forests.

There is marvelous scuba diving among the kelp forests of the coastline.

This fish lives in near-coastal marine habitat, especially kelp forests and reefs.

Kelp forests are underwater areas with a high density of kelp.

A kelp forest extends about 250 yards outh of the light toward Low Island.

In 2007, kelp forests were also discovered in tropical waters near Ecuador.