The choreography connecting kelp forests to the beach
Davis CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2024
The Santa Barbara Channel's kelp forests and its sandy beaches are intimately connected. Giant kelp, the foundation species of rocky reefs, serves as a major part of the beach food web as fronds of the giant seaweed break away from the forest and are transported to the beach. But the relationship goes deeper. In a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scie