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Kelp Forest Stock Photos by Professional Photographer Phillip Colla. Kelp Forest stock photography.
Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, Underwater Kelp Forest, San Clemente Island

 A kelp forest, with sunbeams passing through kelp fronds. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a terrestrial forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 A SCUBA diver swims through a giant kelp forest which is tilted back by strong ocean currents. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a terrestrial forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California, Mola mola

Ocean Sunfish

 Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts, Macrocystis pyrifera, Santa Barbara Island

Giant Kelp, Santa Barbara Island

 Kelp canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

Jack mackerel schooling amid kelp forest, Trachurus symmetricus, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Pacific Jack Mackerel In Kelp Forest, San Clemente Island

 California bat ray in kelp forest, Myliobatis californica, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

California Bat Ray In Kelp Forest, San Clemente Island

 Kelp canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

Kelp canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis, San Clemente Island

Red Gorgonian, San Clemente Island

 Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

California sea lion, juveniles at play in kelp forest, Zalophus californianus, Santa Barbara Island

California Sea Lion In Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island

 Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Salema schooling amid kelp forest, Xenistius californiensis, Macrocystis pyrifera,, Catalina Island

Salema In Kelp Forest, Catalina Island

Kelp plants with fronds extended in current, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Garibaldi in kelp forest, Hypsypops rubicundus, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Garibaldi, San Clemente Island

 Kelp fronds, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

Kelp plants growing toward surface and spreading to form a canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Kelp fronds and forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Kelp fronds, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

Kelp canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Kelp frond in motion, time exposure, Macrocystis pyrifera, Santa Barbara Island

Giant Kelp, Santa Barbara Island

 Kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts, Macrocystis pyrifera, Santa Barbara Island

Giant Kelp, Santa Barbara Island

 Kelp detail showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Divers and kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

Diver amid kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Diver amidst kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Kelp fronds, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

Boat Horizon above kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Garibaldi swimming over surfgrass in kelp forest, Hypsypops rubicundus, Phyllospadix, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Garibaldi In Kelp Forest, San Clemente Island

 Diver amidst kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

Pacific torpedo ray in kelp forest, filming lights, Torpedo californica, Macrocystis pyrifera, Santa Rosa Island

Pacific Torpedo Ray In Underwater Kelp Forest, Santa Rosa Island

 Giant kelpfish amidst kelp, Heterostichus rostratus, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelpfish In Underwater Kelp Forest, San Clemente Island

 California Golden gorgonian in kelp forest, Muricea californica, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

California Golden Gorgonian On Reef In Underwater Kelp Forest, San Clemente Island

Red gorgonian on rocky reef below kelp forest, Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Red Gorgonian And Underwater Kelp Forest And Reef, San Clemente Island

 Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest, Pugettia producta, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Nicholas Island

Northern Kelp Crab On Kelp Blade, San Nicholas Island

 A parent and child admire the fascinating kelp forest tank at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, California, Macrocystis pyrifera

Giant Kelp

Kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Gorgonian, garibaldi, kelp bass (calico bass) in kelp forest, San Clemente I, Muricea californica, Hypsypops rubicundus, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

California Golden Gorgonian And Underwater Kelp Forest, San Clemente Island

 Blacksmith amidst kelp forest, Chromis punctipinnis, Macrocystis pyrifera, Santa Barbara Island

Blacksmith School In Underwater Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island

Half-moon perch schooling under offshore drift kelp, open ocean, Medialuna californiensis, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Diego, California

Halfmoon Perch Swimming Below Floating Kelp, San Diego

 Kelp fronds with encrusting bryozoans, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Macrocystis pyrifera, Santa Barbara Island

Purple Urchin Consume Kelp Holdfast, Santa Barbara Island

Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Kelp fronds reach the surface and spread out to form a canopy, Santa Barbara Island, Macrocystis pyrifera

Giant Kelp, Santa Barbara Island

Giant kelp rises from the ocean depths toward sunlight and the surface. San Clemente Island, Macrocystis pyrifera

Giant Kelp, San Clemente Island

 Blue shark and offshore drift kelp, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Diego, California

Blue Shark Swims Through Kelp, San Diego

Updated: November 20, 2009