Sea otters help recover the kelp forests they depend on. Now scientists know how - While threatened by climate change, otters ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...

Divers recently sought evidence of the Palisades fire's underwater toll, particularly its effect on a vital anchor of the ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. We experimentally investigated the response of phytoplankton and understory macroalgae to canopies of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, by ...

60, No. 6, 2015 Patterns and controls of reef-scale prod... We investigated the patterns and controls of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) production by the giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) using data ...

If you are going swimming or fishing along the Norwegian coast this summer you may encounter forests of giant kelp. What you may not know is that these brown algae can be processed to form a ...

A microscopic kelp forest composed of early life stages. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions ...

This is the plan to keep it that way. Jellyfish float among the fronds of a kelp forest off Isla de los Estados, Argentina. Giant kelps (Macrocystis pyrifera) are the largest algae in the ocean ...

New modeling method helped researchers understand why kelp forests returned more slowly in Southern California than in British Columbia.

Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins.

A giant sea bass swims amid kelp at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Kelp is highly sensitive to environmental changes. Fluctuations in temperature, light availability, nutrients and ...