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Macrocystis pyrifera, known as giant kelp, most widely distributed Macrocystis species, [40] found in intermediate-to-deep water [16] of North America (Alaska to California), South America, South Africa, New Zealand, and southern Australia.
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.
Giant kelp marine forests are diverse, complex and highly productive components and foundation species of cold-water rocky marine coastlines around the world. Giant kelp marine forests in Australia are typically found in temperate south eastern waters on rocky reefs where conditions are cool and reasonably nutrient rich. [4]
Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, the largest seaweed. Found in the Pacific coast of North America and South America. Kombu, Saccharina japonica (formerly Laminaria japonica) and others, several edible species of kelp found in Japan. Species of Laminaria in the British Isles; Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V. Lamouroux (Oarweed; Tangle)
The team of divers was training in the giant kelp forests of eastern Santa Cruz Island in California’s Channel Islands National Park. Curious sea creature follows diver in kelp forest — and ...
Kelp forests are also some of the world's largest carbon sinks, and the Great Southern Reef therefore acts as a buffer against climate change. [7] Unfortunately, an estimated 95% of the giant kelp forests off the coast of Tasmania have died off over the past few decades due higher water temperatures and the long-spined sea urchin. [6] [8]
Also known as kelp 8–30 m under water and cultivated for food. Macrocystis: Brown: Giant kelp forming floating canopies. Monostroma: Green: Porphyra: Red: Intertidal zones in temperate climate and cultivated for food. Sargassum: Brown: Pelagic especially in the Sargasso Sea.
Lessonia is a genus of large kelp native to the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the only kelp to be restricted to the southern hemisphere and is primarily distributed along the coasts of South America, New Zealand, Tasmania, and the Antarctic islands. [1] [2] Lessonia is one of two principal genera in kelp forests (the other is Macrocystis).