Giant Kelp Photos, Macrocystis pyrifera

Kelp Forest Photos, Macrocystis pyrifera

1 2 3 -4- 5
A kelp forest. 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, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
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, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
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, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
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, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
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, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
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, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
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, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
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, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp beds adorn the coastline of San Clemente Island, aerial photograph, Macrocystis pyrifera
Kelp canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Jack mackerel schooling amid kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus, San Clemente Island
Kelp canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp plants with fronds extended in current, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp fronds, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp plants growing toward surface and spreading to form a canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp fronds and forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp fronds, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp forest canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp detail, San Diego, Macrocystis pyrifera
Kelp detail showing pneumatocysts (air bladders) attached to stipe, San Diego, Macrocystis pyrifera
Kelp spread over ocean surface to form a canopy, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp frond in motion, time exposure, Macrocystis pyrifera, Santa Barbara Island
Kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts, Macrocystis pyrifera, Santa Barbara Island
Kelp detail showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
1 2 3 -4- 5
Permalink: forest photos

All photographs copyright © Phillip Colla / Oceanlight.com, all rights reserved worldwide.