A kelp forest is an extensive underwater habitat found along 25% of the world's coastlines, characterized by cold, nutrient-rich waters where kelps grow to impressive lengths and biomasses. These forests play a crucial role in marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, serving as foundation sp...
Coralline Algae-Maerl - Kelp Forest - Competition - Diatom Microfouling - Herbivory - Self-Organization - Sea Urchin - Ostracoda - Polyplacophora - Gastropoda - RecentIn the subtropical belt highly productive ecosystems are formed by coral reefs in oligotrophic seas. Towards more eutrophic conditions...
Summary Like coral reefs and rain forests, kelp forests support rich communities of animals, including forage fish and salmon. Global concerns exist about kelp forest losses, yet information is limited. This storymap highlights the firstpeer-reviewed scientific studyabout changes to kelp forests within...
The foods found in and around kelp forest habitat -- such as urchins, crab, and fish -- have been key cultural resources, informing a wealth of ecological knowledge and hunting and harvesting practices (4). Foods such as pacific herring roe, which is harvested from floating kelp fronds, an...
Unlike most previously reported kelp forest, which exhibit long-term persistence over large spatial scales, the kelp forest community on the west end of San Nicolas Island, California, occurs as a dynamic patchwork of barren areas characterized by grazing sea urchins and an algal assemblage consistin...
Understanding the drivers of kelp forest change, the value kelp forests bring to coastal communities, and how to manage them effectively is therefore challenging. Additionally, guidance on managing kelp forests is limited: a literature search for management-relevant research on widely distributed coastal...
摘要: Kelps are ecosystem engineers and thus enhance biodiversity and subsidize food webs in nearshore areas. Numerous studies describing diversity and abundance of biota associated with kelp have focused...关键词: Arctic kelp forest Sessile biota Seasonal dynamics Species richness Abundance Recruitment ...
Imaging revealed dramatically lower densities of microbial cells on Squaxin Island kelp (Fig.8) compared to the tip of Tatoosh Island kelp blades. The absolute abundance of bacterial cells was two orders of magnitude higher in samples collected from the persistent kelp forest located on the outer...
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