Sentences with phrase «dense kelp forests»

The dense kelp forests around the islands provide food and shelter for many varieties of plants and animals.

While larger invertebrates and in particular sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller) are important secondary consumers controlling large barren ground areas on the Norwegian coast, they are scarce inside dense kelp forests.

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Kelp may develop dense forests with high production, [8] biodiversity and ecological function.

Some kelps form dense patches on rocky reefs resembling a forest of trees underwater and are referred to as kelp forests.

Using sunlight and ocean nutrients, giant kelp forms dense stands growing up through the water and spreading into a canopy, resembling an underwater forest.