Norbert Wu / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forms dark, lush canopy forest in cold waters, southern California
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Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, shot looking up to surface of water, Channel Islands National Park, California
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Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, with Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus), Channel Islands National Park, California
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Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) detail of air bladders, California
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Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, Channel Islands National Park, California
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Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, Channel Islands National Park, California
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Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, with Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus), Channel Islands National Park, California
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Fred Bavendam / Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) crawling amidst Kelp, Sponge, Sea Anemones, Sea Urchins, and a Sculpin, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Richard Herrmann / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) blades floating at surface, Cortez Bank, California
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Richard Herrmann / Halfmoon (Medialuna californiensis) school taking shelter under Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), one hundred miles offshore from San Diego, Cortes Bank, California
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Richard Herrmann / Halfmoon (Medialuna californiensis) school taking shelter under Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) one hundred miles offshore from San Diego, Cortes Bank, California
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Richard Herrmann / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, California
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Richard Herrmann / Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) and Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), San Diego, California
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Richard Herrmann / Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) and Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) paddy, San Diego, California
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Richard Herrmann / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) leaves floating on surface, offering protection for many different small fish, San Diego, California
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Richard Herrmann / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, California
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Richard Herrmann / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, California
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Richard Herrmann / Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) under drifting Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) paddy, San Diego, California
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Richard Herrmann / Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) under drifting Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) paddy, San Diego, California
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Richard Herrmann / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, California
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Richard Herrmann / Biologist, Mike Beck, performs rockfish survey in mixed Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) and Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) bed off Asilomar State Beach, Monterey, California
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Richard Herrmann / Research diver, Patrick Berk, performs rockfish survey in mixed Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) and Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) bed off Asilomar State Beach, Monterey, California
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Norbert Wu / Blue Rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) school under Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Norbert Wu / Strawberry Anemones (Corynactis californica), pink hydrocorals, and colorful invertebrates on rock wall in kelp forest, Point Lobos State Reserve, California
Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, Channel Islands National Park, California
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Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, underwater, California
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Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) air bladders in kelp forest, Channel Islands National Park, California
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Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) close-up detail, Channel Islands National Park, California
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Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), Channel Islands National Park, California
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Norbert Wu / Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) group feeding on Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) plants at base, killing entire 100 foot plant, San Diego, California
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Norbert Wu / Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) root-like stipes anchor young Kelp plant to bottom, contains communities of life, California
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Norbert Wu / Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) gas-filled bulbs keep plants at surface, Monterey, California
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Norbert Wu / Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) gas-filled bulbs keep plants at surface, Monterey, California
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Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) underwater, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) underwater, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) underwater with evergreen forest in background, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) underwater, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta) on Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) underwater, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta) on Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) underwater, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) waving in underwater current, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) underwater, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) waving in underwater current, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) floating among Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), California
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Norbert Wu / Blue Rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) school under Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) canopy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Norbert Wu / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) gas-filled pneumatocyst providing buoyancy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Norbert Wu / Blue Rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) school under Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) canopy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) detail of air bladders, California
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Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) underwater, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta) on Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) underwater, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) and schooling fish, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) and sea grass waving in underwater current, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
