Kelp Forest. Image by ead72 via Depositphotos. Kelp forests are submerged marine ecosystems dominated by towering brown algae that are crucial biogenic entities, nurturing a diverse and interconnected ...

Sea otters are keystone species in kelp forests. Kelp forests rely on the top-down pressure sea otters exert via predation on sea urchins. By controlling the sea urchin population, they help manage ...

Loading YouTube content The marine scientist from environmental nonprofit The Nature Conservancy explains that a dramatic rise in sea urchin numbers has decimated the golden kelp forests that ...

Puget Sound has lost about two-thirds of its bull kelp forests, according to PDZA. Now, a bill before Washington state legislators could help preserve the underwater forests. House Bill 1631 ...

Credit: Jeff Maassen photo A new project is underway to restore kelp forests in the Santa Barbara Channel by removing sea urchins and selling them to restaurants or turning them into agricultural ...

23, La Jolla Light). Among the asserted losses are a significant loss of giant kelp forest north of Point La Jolla and low numbers of yellowtail and white seabass. And, of course, there are the ...

2016), and reducing the sequestration of carbon to the deep ocean (Jiao et al., 2010). Within the global oceans, kelp forests are one of the most productive ecosystems and a large reservoir of organic ...

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Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more carbon than all the world's forests despite covering just 3% of the ...