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| A view of an underwater forest of giant kelp. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found through California's Southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 25400 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera 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. Image ID: 25403 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera 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. Image ID: 25412 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| A view of an underwater forest of giant kelp. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found through California's Southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 25432 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Kelp beds adorn the coastline of San Clemente Island, aerial photograph. Image ID: 25984 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Kelp canopy. Image ID: 00250 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Jack mackerel schooling amid kelp forest. Image ID: 00256 Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Jack mackerel and kelp. Image ID: 00380 Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Kelp canopy. Image ID: 00600 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Kelp canopy. Image ID: 00601 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Kelp canopy. Image ID: 00602 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 00617 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 00628 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Jack mackerel schooling in kelp. Image ID: 01019 Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Kelp plants with fronds extended in current. Image ID: 01050 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Kelp fronds. Image ID: 01273 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Kelp plants growing toward surface and spreading to form a canopy. Image ID: 01293 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Kelp fronds and forest. Image ID: 01497 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Kelp fronds. Image ID: 01498 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Kelp canopy. Image ID: 02118 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Kelp forest canopy. Image ID: 02121 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Kelp detail, San Diego. Image ID: 02125 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: California, USA | Kelp detail showing pneumatocysts (air bladders) attached to stipe, San Diego. Image ID: 02126 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: California, USA | Kelp spread over ocean surface to form a canopy. Image ID: 02129 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Kelp frond in motion, time exposure. Image ID: 02344 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Kelp forest. Image ID: 02409 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 02436 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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| Kelp detail showing pneumatocysts (air bladders). Image ID: 02497 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Kelp stipe and blades. Image ID: 02498 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Drift kelp, open ocean. Image ID: 02501 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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