Kelp Forest
Kelp forest
I chose the kelp forests because I that it would be cool to learn about life under the sea. In my essay you will learn about many different types of animals and why the live in kelp forests A kelp forest is an ecosystem in the ocean. Kelp grows in cold water. They are found all over the world in shallow open coastal waters. Kelp forests grow predominantly on the Pacific Coast, from Alaska and Canada to the waters of Baja California. Tiered like a terrestrial rainforest with a canopy and several layers below, the kelp forests of the eastern Pacific coast are dominated by two canopy-forming, brown microalgae species, giant kelp and bull kelp. Kelp does not have roots. Instead, it is secured by holdfasts that lock …show more content…
Growing up from the ocean floor about 2–30 meters, and as much as 20–30 cm above the ocean's surface.
Kelp forests are unique because it is a great place for animals to hide and is the only place giant kelp grows. Kelp does not usually grow in tropic waters. Four national marine sanctuaries harbor kelp forests. Giant kelp inhabits the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary as well as the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, where giant kelp and bull kelp coexist. In the more northern Gulf of the Carillons and Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuaries, kelp forests are comprised of predominantly bull kelp. They have secures because they use it in some foods. Jellyfish is one of the predators in kelp forests jellyfish are big blobs of jell like substances with tentacles that sting you were hare grows. Kelp survival is positively correlated with the strength of the substrate. The larger and stronger the rock on which it is anchored, the greater the chance of kelp survival. Winter storms and storms easily uproot the kelp and can wash entire plants …show more content…
Kelp forests seldom render such an impression. The reality is somewhat surprising to most people, however. Take a look at a healthy, surge-swept pinnacle wall and bland is hardly the word that comes to mind. Colors of all shades, particularly reds, scream for attention. Purple and pink hydrocoral, orange cup corals, strawberry anemones, rose anemones, volcano sponges, bryozoans, tunicates and a plethora of other colorful sessile forms create living tapestries of unrivaled beauty. A bright patch of white stands out, revealing itself to be a living wall of white-plume anemones. All of these sessile invertebrates, grounded for life, depend on plankton rich surge and current to make home deliveries for their meals. Although not reliant on giant kelp, shallow rocky reef communities generally associate with kelp forests since each has similar goals -- clean, cool, nutrient-laden water with abundant sites for attachment.
The graph you will see is about changes in kelp forest the green line is kelp the blue line is sea urchins it shows what was grater at a specific time period
This is a food web of kelp
I chose the kelp forests because I that it would be cool to learn about life under the sea. In my essay you will learn about many different types of animals and why the live in kelp forests A kelp forest is an ecosystem in the ocean. Kelp grows in cold water. They are found all over the world in shallow open coastal waters. Kelp forests grow predominantly on the Pacific Coast, from Alaska and Canada to the waters of Baja California. Tiered like a terrestrial rainforest with a canopy and several layers below, the kelp forests of the eastern Pacific coast are dominated by two canopy-forming, brown microalgae species, giant kelp and bull kelp. Kelp does not have roots. Instead, it is secured by holdfasts that lock …show more content…
Growing up from the ocean floor about 2–30 meters, and as much as 20–30 cm above the ocean's surface.
Kelp forests are unique because it is a great place for animals to hide and is the only place giant kelp grows. Kelp does not usually grow in tropic waters. Four national marine sanctuaries harbor kelp forests. Giant kelp inhabits the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary as well as the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, where giant kelp and bull kelp coexist. In the more northern Gulf of the Carillons and Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuaries, kelp forests are comprised of predominantly bull kelp. They have secures because they use it in some foods. Jellyfish is one of the predators in kelp forests jellyfish are big blobs of jell like substances with tentacles that sting you were hare grows. Kelp survival is positively correlated with the strength of the substrate. The larger and stronger the rock on which it is anchored, the greater the chance of kelp survival. Winter storms and storms easily uproot the kelp and can wash entire plants …show more content…
Kelp forests seldom render such an impression. The reality is somewhat surprising to most people, however. Take a look at a healthy, surge-swept pinnacle wall and bland is hardly the word that comes to mind. Colors of all shades, particularly reds, scream for attention. Purple and pink hydrocoral, orange cup corals, strawberry anemones, rose anemones, volcano sponges, bryozoans, tunicates and a plethora of other colorful sessile forms create living tapestries of unrivaled beauty. A bright patch of white stands out, revealing itself to be a living wall of white-plume anemones. All of these sessile invertebrates, grounded for life, depend on plankton rich surge and current to make home deliveries for their meals. Although not reliant on giant kelp, shallow rocky reef communities generally associate with kelp forests since each has similar goals -- clean, cool, nutrient-laden water with abundant sites for attachment.
The graph you will see is about changes in kelp forest the green line is kelp the blue line is sea urchins it shows what was grater at a specific time period
This is a food web of kelp