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Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. Kelp Photo. Image ID: 02113 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Kelp Picture. Image ID: 00627 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	A kelp forest, with sunbeams passing through kelp fronds. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a terrestrial forest. Stock Photography of Kelp. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

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 submarine forest. Photograph of Kelp. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Kelp Photos. Image ID: 02158 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Kelp Image. Image ID: 03267 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola

A SCUBA diver swimming over a rocky reef covered with kelp, watches a brightly colored orange garibaldi fish. Professional stock photos of Kelp. Image ID: 01113 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean. Pictures of Kelp. Image ID: 01006 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA	Bryozoan grows on a red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Kelp Photo. Image ID: 25395 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Kelp Picture. Image ID: 25393 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Pacific white sided dolphin carrying drift kelp. Stock Photography of Kelp. Image ID: 00043 Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Location: San Diego, California, USA	Northern fur seal swims through the cold waters and kelp forest of San Miguel Island, in California's northern Channel Islands. Photograph of Kelp. Image ID: 00966 Species: Northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA

California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Kelp Photos. Image ID: 02031 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Kelp Image. Image ID: 02159 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Blue shark searching drift kelp for food, open ocean. Professional stock photos of Kelp. Image ID: 02288 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA

Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Pictures of Kelp. Image ID: 02435 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA	Ocean sunfish schooling near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California. Kelp Photo. Image ID: 06304 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola	Blue shark and offshore drift kelp. Kelp Picture. Image ID: 01078 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA

Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean. Stock Photography of Kelp. Image ID: 01081 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA	Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Photograph of Kelp. Image ID: 25394 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. 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. Giant kelp can grow up to 2' in a single day given optimal conditions. Epic submarine forests of kelp grow throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. Kelp Photos. Image ID: 25396 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

A California sea lion plays with a piece of kelp, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. Kelp Image. Image ID: 23427 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA	Blue shark and offshore drift kelp. Professional stock photos of Kelp. Image ID: 01077 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA	Blue shark and offshore drift kelp. Pictures of Kelp. Image ID: 01082 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA

Blue shark underneath offshore drift kelp, open ocean. Kelp Photo. Image ID: 01153 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA	Giant kelp, blades, stipes and pneumatocysts, backlit by the sun in shallow water. Kelp Picture. Image ID: 25401 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Boat Horizon above kelp forest. Stock Photography of Kelp. Image ID: 03764 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Ocean sunfish referencing drift kelp, open ocean near San Diego. Photograph of Kelp. Image ID: 03563 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA	Crevice rockfish. Seldom seen, kelpfish hover among the seaweeds in wave swept tidepools and reefs. These secretive fish rapidly change color to match watever background they are near. This kelpfish has assumed the coloration of the blade of kelp it is resting on. Kelp Photos. Image ID: 13711 Species: Crevice rockfish, Gibbonsia montereyensis Location: Monterey, California, USA	Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering giant kelp plants rising from the ocean bottom to the surface, underwater. Kelp Image. Image ID: 23419 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA