• Pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders, float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface and sunlight, where the leaf-like blades and stipes of the kelp plant grow fastest. (oceanlight.com)
  • Instead of the roots, stems, and leaves of vascular plants, they have holdfasts, stipes, and fronds that make them appear similar to plants. (usni.org)
  • Growing in water from 1m to 47m deep, cuvie is only visible to land lubbers at low tides when its rigid stipes emerge upright from the water while its fronds are crumpled in the shallows. (pocketmags.com)
  • Their application was to use a specially designed boat, equipped with a seaweed harvesting mower, to mechanically cut and collect the fronds (leaves) and stipes (stems) of kelp plants to within a set distance of the plants' base - known as a "hold fast. (earthisland.org)
  • Sugar kelp is attacked by a number of herbivores that browse the stipes and blades. (wclt.org)
  • dried stipes and fronds. (nutrimar.no)
  • While seaweeds are found at all latitudes, giant kelp forests are found only in the temperate and polar latitudes, where there are cold, shallow coastal waters. (usni.org)
  • Denizens of cooler seas, kelps are a group of seaweeds better appreciated by swimmers than rock poolers, as their beauty unfurls in deeper water. (pocketmags.com)
  • Wild seaweeds, including some species of kelp, have been harvested by hand in Ireland for millennia, but now form the basis of a fast-growing industry worth around 35 million dollars per year. (earthisland.org)
  • Laminaria digitata fronds at low water. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • Cuvie (Laminaria hyperborea) is the kelp that skirts Britain and Ireland along their rocky shores. (pocketmags.com)
  • However, an ongoing controversy is evolving in this tranquil corner of rural Ireland over one Irish company's plans to harvest another natural resource from the foreshore, the seashore area between high and low tide water marks, here - native Laminaria digitata and Laminaria hyperborea kelp. (earthisland.org)
  • Frond is broad, leathery and digitate. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • The rockweeds and leathery kelps are often the most conspicuous algae in their habitats. (wikipedia.org)
  • Giant sea bamboo grows like tall trees while fish swim through the algae fronds like birds and abalone. (aquarium.co.za)
  • These forests are made up of individual strands of brown algae, with the fronds of the largest varieties reaching lengths of up to 100 feet. (gardenguides.com)
  • Seaflora uses only wild, hand-harvested kelps, red algae and sea mud to maintain freshness and potency. (douglasmagazine.com)
  • Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. (oceanlight.com)
  • Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts (air bladders). (oceanlight.com)
  • Kelp fronds, showing pneumatocysts (gas bladders). (oceanlight.com)
  • Kelp fronds showing pneumatocysts, bouyant gas-filled bubble-like structures which float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface, where it will spread to form a roof-like canopy. (oceanlight.com)
  • Epic submarine forests of kelp grow throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. (oceanlight.com)
  • Lush forests of kelp are found through California's Southern Channel Islands. (oceanlight.com)
  • Kelp sequestration of carbon is very efficient, with a healthy giant kelp forest capable of producing 100 times more oxygen than a terrestrial forest of equivalent size. (usni.org)
  • Within the giant kelp forest environment of Gansbaai we could determine the spatial density of kelp thali and underlying substrate composition. (springer.com)
  • Even accounting for some sea stars getting eaten or not chowing down on as many urchins as they did in the lab, calculations suggest that sunflower sea stars could play a pivotal role in controlling urchin populations and restoring kelp forests. (uoregon.edu)
  • A parent and child admire the fascinating kelp forest tank at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, California. (oceanlight.com)
  • Diver amid kelp forest. (oceanlight.com)
  • Kelp forest looking from the surface down toward the reef far below where the kelp is anchored to the sea floor. (oceanlight.com)
  • Kelp forest. (oceanlight.com)
  • SCUBA diver amidst kelp forest. (oceanlight.com)
  • Tracy glides through the kelp forest. (oceanlight.com)
  • The Kelp Forest offshore of La Jolla, California. (oceanlight.com)
  • Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. (oceanlight.com)
  • One crucial marine habitat affected by the Blob was the kelp forest. (thetyee.ca)
  • Watched over by a living kelp forest, this private room offers some of the most spectacular views at the Two Oceans Aquarium and is available day and night for meetings, presentations or dinners. (aquarium.co.za)
  • Its leaflike fronds can be up to 200 feet long, forming a somewhat dense "forest canopy. (usni.org)
  • Our findings indicate that if Pycnopodia recovers, it should suppress these urchin barrens and help the kelp forest recover. (uoregon.edu)
  • Canopy-forming bull kelp can stretch more than 50 feet up from the ocean floor, creating an underwater forest. (uoregon.edu)
  • It's an encouraging finding for kelp forest fans. (uoregon.edu)
  • When found together, sea otters and sunflower seas stars are a kelp forest predatory dream team. (uoregon.edu)
  • Young-of-year rockfish in kelp forest habitats during large recruitment event in 2016. (noaa.gov)
  • Monterey Bay Kelp Forest. (tdisdi.com)
  • Photo courtesy of Bantry Bay Save Our Kelp Forest. (earthisland.org)
  • We are worried that if you take out the kelp from the bay you could effect the whole food chain here and no one knows what the effects could be," says Catherine Horgan, a local resident and spokesperson for the anti-kelp harvesting group Bantry Bay Protect Our Native Kelp Forest. (earthisland.org)
  • The Bantry Bay Kelp Forest group was formed to voice local concerns about potential ecological and economic damage that could result from mechanically harvesting kelp in Bantry Bay. (earthisland.org)
  • The kelp is attached by freely branched haptera, which spread out to form a shallow dome-shaped holdfast. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • Fronds rise from a calcareous crustose, disk shaped, holdfast about 70 mm in diameter. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • When Coho became tight lipped we worked around the numerous rocks and kelp beds for Black Rockfish. (bcadventure.com)
  • Large schools of rockfish meander among the kelp fronds, and larger lingcod and cabezon rest on the bottom. (cadivingnews.com)
  • From majestic kelp forests to enchanting caves, SDI contributing author and technical diving instructor Jeffrey Bozanic shares some of his favorite places to get wet. (tdisdi.com)
  • Right off southern California is one of the most magical places I have ever seen… the majestic kelp forests. (tdisdi.com)
  • See majestic kelp and schools of colorful fish as you explore Catalina's underwater world. (catalinatours.com)
  • Stipe is flexible and smooth, oval in cross section and free of epiphytes except maybe Palmaria palmata in older kelps. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • These are made from the stipe of the kelp seaweed. (ieproduce.com)
  • They claim that by ensuring enough of the kelp plants' stipe is left uncut and only a set percentage of the bay's plants are cut each year, their method of harvesting is safe and sustainable in the long term. (earthisland.org)
  • Sugar kelp can live two to five years, with its exact age revealed in annual growth rings found in the stipe (stem). (wclt.org)
  • Giant kelp, which grows in thick underwater forests, could play a limited role in combating climate change. (usni.org)
  • Kelp with enormous fronds, and there'd be little fish swimming, or lots of shrimp swimming across the kelp, it was very beautiful underwater," Sparks recalls in a video on the expedition. (zmescience.com)
  • See kelp, fish, and other underwater wonders. (catalinatours.com)
  • Bladderwrack is commonly found as one of the components of the nutritional supplement kelp (sold in tablets or powder form). (nativeremedies.com)
  • Scuba diving amidst the kelp forests of the California Channel Islands and the Santa Barbara Channel. (kelpscape.com)
  • Temperature stress, scientists are learning, causes the most damage to kelp forests - but factors like increased sea urchin populations, which have bloomed as a result of sea star population decline, play a role, too. (thetyee.ca)
  • It suggests that if sunflower sea stars returned to their former habitats, they could help keep hungry urchin populations in check and possibly help restore kelp forests. (uoregon.edu)
  • In warmer waters without many predators, urchin populations have exploded and devoured the kelp. (uoregon.edu)
  • Kelp's undulating ribbony fronds provide valuable habitat and food for mammals, fish and invertebrates. (uoregon.edu)
  • Wild kelp is a vital part of coastal ecosystems in cold water environments, and performs a range of ecosystem functions, from minimizing coastal erosion to providing habitat, spawning grounds, and a source of food for many marine species, including invertebrates (such as crabs and shellfish) as well as fish and marine mammals like sea otters. (earthisland.org)
  • Snails feed on the kelp and in turn are prey for rock crabs and other predatory invertebrates. (wclt.org)
  • We did dives in several different habitats, we looked in fjords, we looked in the kelp forests, and in several dives, we actually looked for specimens in the ice, among the icebergs," Gruber adds. (zmescience.com)
  • Through their fronds, kelps get their chemical energy from photosynthesis and absorb nutrient elements in the adjacent seawater. (usni.org)
  • Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. (oceanlight.com)
  • The perennial frond or thallus is coarse, light yellow or brownish-green in colour, erect, and from 2 to 3 feet in height. (samsonssecret.com)
  • A large conspicuous kelp growing up to 2 m in length commonly found at low water during spring tides on rocky shores. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • Air vesicles developed in the substance of the frond, usually in pairs, one on either side of the midrib and often one at the fork of the divisions, broadly oval, or spherical, attaining when fully grown half an inch in diameter, are the characteristics of this species which have suggested both the English and Latin names. (samsonssecret.com)
  • Wild kelp is a vital part of cold water marine environments, and performs a range of ecosystem functions, from minimizing coastal erosion to providing habitat, spawning grounds, and a source of food for many marine species. (earthisland.org)
  • Sugar kelp, named for a sugar alcohol solution found within, is a species of brown seaweed that can be found growing from pilings. (wclt.org)
  • Seaweed species such as kelp provide essential nursery habitat for fisheries and other marine life and thus protect our seafood sources. (douglasmagazine.com)
  • Erect stiff, articulated fronds, coarse to the touch. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • The kelps generally include the many large brown types of seaweed and are among the most familiar forms found on North American coasts. (samsonssecret.com)
  • Dive down past swirling green ribbons to rocks where kelp strikes its hold. (pocketmags.com)
  • Some are enormous, like the giant kelps that grow in "forests" and tower as much as 30 metres from their roots on the seabed. (douglasmagazine.com)
  • Why do heat waves affect some kelp forests more than others? (thetyee.ca)
  • acrostichoid (describing a type of sorus) Covering the entire abaxial surface of a frond, usually densely so, as in Elaphoglossum and Acrostichum. (wikipedia.org)
  • Kelp fronds reach the surface and spread out to form a canopy. (oceanlight.com)
  • Kelp fronds grow upward from the reef below to reach the ocean surface and spread out to form a living canopy. (oceanlight.com)
  • Also, their holdfasts have depth limits to ensure the fully grown organism will have its life-supporting fronds close to the surface. (usni.org)
  • this is the result of the amino acid, glutamine, which naturally rises to the surface as the kelp frond as it dries. (ieproduce.com)
  • In a wonderful example of the delicate balance of life, the sea otters that made their home in kelp forests fed on sea urchins. (gardenguides.com)
  • When hunters began exterminating the otters for their pelts, the sea urchins overran the kelp forests which, in turn, disappeared from areas in the northern waters. (gardenguides.com)
  • Hotter oceans have also stressed kelp directly, making it even harder for the ecosystem to bounce back. (uoregon.edu)
  • Some members of the class, such as kelps, are used by humans as food. (wikipedia.org)
  • We test the kelp this Kombu seaweed is made from for contaminants in accordance with the ANZ Food Code. (ieproduce.com)
  • Marine biologist Amanda Swinimer hand-harvests kelp for her Dakini Tidal Wilds food products. (douglasmagazine.com)
  • The finished goods are sold on to customers in the ingredient industry who further process the kelp for the food and pharmaceutical sectors. (nutrimar.no)
  • Like many people living in the areas surrounding Bantry Bay, Horgan is concerned about plans by BioAtlantis Ltd, an Irish Biotech Company, to harvest Bantry Bay's wild kelp using mechanical means. (earthisland.org)
  • BioAtlantis began the lengthy process of applying for a license to harvest kelp from 1,800 acres of foreshore in Bantry Bay in 2009. (earthisland.org)
  • Physically, coastal kelp forests provide natural "breakwaters" to protect adjacent shorelines. (usni.org)
  • The frond is broad and digitate, glossy and dark brown in colour and lacks a midrib. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • Kelp can rebalance thyroid metabolism, resulting in successful weight management. (samsonssecret.com)
  • Kelp has shown the reversal of many conditions caused by a thyroid imbalance including stomach and respiratory disorders. (samsonssecret.com)
  • So a researcher in Canada is trying to clean up fish farms by creating an ecosystem where fish waste gets taken up by other valuable seafood commodities, like shellfish and kelp. (npr.org)
  • His approach involves creating a whole ecosystem around a fish farm, so the waste generated by the salmon gets taken up by other valuable seafood commodities, like shellfish and kelp. (npr.org)
  • Kelps are sensitive to water temperature and depth changes. (usni.org)
  • Kelp forests are one of the most widely seen forms of ocean plant life in cooler, temperate waters. (gardenguides.com)
  • They don't appear to harm it, and they provide sustenance for some of the other small animals that live on kelp. (kelpscape.com)
  • Because there are relatively few places that giant kelp can live, their impact on global warming may be limited. (usni.org)
  • The length of the frond varies with season, age of plant and location, reaching over 1 m in suitable conditions. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • This plant is composed of bladder-like parts and contains fronds with swollen, ball-like discs, as well as reproductive elements such as eggs and sperm. (nativeremedies.com)
  • The kelp is transported to Nutrimar's processing plant on Frøya, then separated and dried. (nutrimar.no)
  • Giant kelp can grow up to 2' in a single day given optimal conditions. (oceanlight.com)
  • This common kelp has a single blade (frond) that may reach 16 feet in length and have a width of seven inches. (wclt.org)
  • These rocks are dotted with large anemones and urchins, small cup corals, and offer anchor points for giant kelp. (cadivingnews.com)
  • Look for sugar kelp attached to rocks at very low tide or tumbled ashore if their rocks became dislodged by storms. (wclt.org)
  • Near the southern limits of their range, large numbers of kelp died, while farther north the damage varied: some kelp forests were unaffected, others severely hit. (thetyee.ca)
  • Seaweed range from the size of a pinhead to having large fronds (such as those of many kelps) that can be as much as 30.5 m (100 ft) in length. (dictionary.com)
  • Some have fronds up to 200 ft (61 m) long. (samsonssecret.com)
  • The long casts, double hauling and various mending techniques all came into play as I plied the various tidal flows, eddies and kelp beds. (bcadventure.com)
  • In Norway fronds 1-2 cm long recorded in lower littoral in contrast to 10-17 cm long fronds in pools. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • They are adamant that harvesting kelp from Bantry Bay is both ecologically sustainable and vital to securing long-term employment in Bantry and at their headquarters in Tralee. (earthisland.org)
  • When sea conditions cause the loss of some parts of a kelp bed, its rapid growth permits quick regeneration. (usni.org)