Kelp
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Kelps are large brown algae or seaweeds that make up the order Laminariales. There are about 30 genera. Despite its appearance and use of photosynthesis in chloroplasts, kelp is not a plant but a stra
Kelp In Freycinet Tasmania
Alaskan beach kelp
Costaria costata, five-ribbed kelp
A kelp forest
Kelp forest
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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 t
Kelp
…Despite its appearance and use of photosynthesis in chloroplasts, kelp is not a plant but a stramenopile. Kelp grows from stalks close together in very dense, forest-like areas under shallow temperate and Arctic oceans. They were previously thought to have appeared in the Miocene, 5 to 23 million years ago based on fossils…
Kelp forest
Rockfish swimming around giant kelp
A diver in a kelp forest off the coast of California
A kelp forest off of the coast of Anacapa Island, California