Sentences with phrase «support kelp forests»

These upwelling events also push nutrients to the surface to help support kelp forests and productive fisheries.

Not exact matches

Using over a decade's worth of data from the Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research project, supported by the National Science Foundation, the investigators examined the effects of kelp on groups of organisms in the kelp forest ecosystem.

Is radiation which mere micrometer penetrance at a complex ocean surface really equivilent to radiation which can support tropical kelp forests at 200ft depth?

[60][61] Kelp forests are valued for recreational activities such as SCUBA diving and kayaking; the industries that support these sports represent one benefit related to the ecosystem and the enjoyment derived from these activities represents another.

Life during the Miocene Epoch was mostly supported by the two newly formed biomes, kelp forests and grasslands.

Kelp forests at the Channel Islands experience a mixing of both warm water currents from the south and cold water currents from the north creating a highly productive system and supporting an incredible abundance and diversity of marine life.

This «kelp highway hypothesis» suggested that highly productive kelp forests supported rich and diverse marine food webs in nearshore waters, including many types of fish, shellfish, birds, marine mammals, and seaweeds that were similar from Japan to California, Erlandson and his colleagues also argued that coastal kelp forests reduced wave energy and provided a linear dispersal corridor entirely at sea level, with few obstacles to maritime peoples.

Channelkeeper is also supporting biological monitoring of nearshore underwater habitats such as kelp forests and rocky reefs in partnership with scientists from UCSB to track how fish populations and marine communities associated with these habitats respond over time to the protection provided by MPAs.

Temperate areas include the Northern Atlantic, South America and Northern Africa, which are host to rare and valuable habitats; including giant kelp forests, oyster reefs and deep coral communities and which support rich fisheries.