Sentences with phrase «web of kelp forests»

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The way in which fishing alters size - structured food web interactions has implications for the structure and function of kelp forest ecosystems.

Surrounding the island are cold, nutrient - rich waters that sustain a diverse web of marine life, including pelagic fish, a variety of marine mammals, and extensive kelp forests.

Effects of local deforestation on the diversity and structure of Southern California giant kelp forest food webs.

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.