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Kelp Forests
June 17 , 2019
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- Climate change is altering marine habitats such as kelp forests on a global scale.
- Kelp is a type of large brown seaweed that grows in shallow, nutrient-rich saltwater, near coastal fronts around the world.
- More than 350 different species and up to 100,000 small invertebrates can live on a single kelp plant.
- Many fish, birds and mammals depend on the whole kelp underwater forests.
- Place of Occurrence: Western Australia, eastern Canada, southern Europe, northern California and eastern United States
- They can survive and grow even in the harsh Artic environment.
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