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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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