However, our findings suggest that on algae-dominated reefs ... but also for other marine ecosystems such as seagrass meadows ...

Sage Ono (USA) explores the abundant life around the giant kelp forests in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. It may be an undersea forest, but Sage likes to think of these areas of giant kelp as ...

researchers have found that wild kelp “forests” can shelter more than 800 species of marine life. Kelp and other algae are high in minerals and fiber and have gelling properties. Those traits ...

More otters means fewer crabs, more grazers and healthier seagrasses. Kelp forests are dense stands of large brown algae that grow in shallow zones near coasts. Along the U.S. West Coast ...

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, growing upward to more than 150 feet.

On the right side of the cover, it is daytime—and we can see two kinds of algae in the water around the boat. One type is microalgae, which can only be seen with a microscope. Macroalgae, on the other ...