{"id":67,"date":"2005-06-10T05:50:16","date_gmt":"2005-06-10T13:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/portfolio\/the-kelp-forest-part-iii\/"},"modified":"2021-07-15T08:04:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T00:04:08","slug":"the-kelp-forest-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/the-kelp-forest-part-iii.html","title":{"rendered":"The Kelp Forest :: Part III"},"content":{"rendered":"

Central and Northern California kelp forests are bathed by cold, nutrient-laden currents. The waters here are generally not clear but are rich with animal life. Invertebrate displays<\/a> on the rocks below the kelp forest are some of the most profuse and interesting in the world and it is common to see large schools of rockfish<\/a> and pelagic jellies<\/a> hovering among the kelp. Kelp forests here breed some of the world’s hardiest divers, those who manage year-round dry suits, beach entries and surface swims, winter swells and the distinct possibility of meeting great white sharks<\/a> in murky water just to dive in Macrocystis<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Continued…<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kelp<\/a><\/p>\n

Kelp canopy.
\nImage ID: 06119<\/a>
\nSpecies: Giant kelp<\/a>, Macrocystis pyrifera<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: San Clemente Island<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Giant<\/a><\/p>\n

Giant kelpfish in kelp.
\nImage ID: 05141<\/a>
\nSpecies: Giant kelpfish<\/a>, Heterostichus rostratus<\/i><\/a>, Macrocystis pyrifera<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: San Clemente Island<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Northern<\/a><\/p>\n

Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest.
\nImage ID: 10215<\/a>
\nSpecies: Northern kelp crab<\/a>, Pugettia producta<\/i><\/a>, Macrocystis pyrifera<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: San Nicholas Island<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kelp<\/a><\/p>\n

Kelp forest.
\nImage ID: 04675<\/a>
\nSpecies: Giant kelp<\/a>, Macrocystis pyrifera<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: San Clemente Island<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

For more photos of the kelp forest, see http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/html\/kelp.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Central and Northern California kelp forests are bathed by cold, nutrient-laden currents. The waters here are generally not clear but are rich with animal life. Invertebrate displays on the rocks below the kelp forest are some of the most profuse and interesting in the world and it is common to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,95,400,115,122],"tags":[221,248,330],"class_list":{"0":"post-67","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"category-natural-world","9":"category-san-clemente-island","10":"category-stories","11":"category-underwater-life","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-giant-kelp","14":"tag-underwater"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}