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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
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
Kelp stipe and blades, Macrocystis pyrifera, Santa Barbara Island
Drift kelp, open ocean, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Diego, California
Kelp bed. Giant macrocystis kelp is anchored on the ocean floor and grows to reach the ocean surface, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp bed, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Divers and kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Kelp detail showing pneumatocysts (air bladders), Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
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