Giant Kelp Photos, Macrocystis pyrifera

Kelp Frond Photos, Macrocystis pyrifera

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Kelp detail showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp detail showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp fronds, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp fronds with encrusting bryozoans, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Santa Barbara Island
Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp fronds reach the surface and spread out to form a canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp detail showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp fronds, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp forest, fronds backlit by sun, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp detail showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp fronds, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp detail showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
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