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Sea birds find a floating refuge on some drifting giant kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera paddy & sea birds 2014 11-19 SB Channel-018
Macrocystis pyrifera paddy sea birds 2014 Channel 018
From 2014 11-19 SB Channel
A Pacific harbor seal relaxes in a giant kelp paddy.
Phoca vitulina & Macrocystis pyrifera drifting padd 2014 10-29 SB Channel-004
Phoca vitulina Macrocystis pyrifera drifting padd 2014 Channel 004
From 2014 10-29 SB Channel
Humpback whales spouting in unison.
Phoca vitulina & Macrocystis pyrifera drifting padd 2014 10-29 SB Channel-f-009
Phoca vitulina Macrocystis pyrifera drifting padd 2014 Channel 009
From 2014 10-29 SB Channel
Humpback in the kelp - dorsal fin showing.
Megaptera novaeangliae playing in Macrocystis pyrifera drift paddy 2014 10-29 SB Channel-c-008
Megaptera novaeangliae playing Macrocystis pyrifera drift paddy 2014 Channel 008
From 2014 10-29 SB Channel
Humpback in the kelp - tip of tail fluke showing
Megaptera novaeangliae playing in Macrocystis pyrifera drift paddy 2014 10-29 SB Channel-c-006
Megaptera novaeangliae playing Macrocystis pyrifera drift paddy 2014 Channel 006
From 2014 10-29 SB Channel
Giant kelp adrift on the open sea
Macrocystis pyrifera drifting padd 2014 10-29 SB Channel-003
Macrocystis pyrifera drifting padd 2014 Channel 003
From 2014 10-29 SB Channel
Humpback whale playing in the kelp
Megaptera novaeangliae & Macrocystis pyrifera fun 2014 10-22 SB Channel-030
Megaptera novaeangliae Macrocystis pyrifera fun 2014 Channel 030
From 2014 10-22 SB Channel
Humpback whale playing in the kelp
Megaptera novaeangliae & Macrocystis pyrifera fun 2014 10-22 SB Channel-021
Megaptera novaeangliae Macrocystis pyrifera fun 2014 Channel 021
From 2014 10-22 SB Channel
Humpback whale playing in the kelp
Megaptera novaeangliae & Macrocystis pyrifera fun 2014 10-22 SB Channel-026
Megaptera novaeangliae Macrocystis pyrifera fun 2014 Channel 026
From 2014 10-22 SB Channel
Humpback whale playing in the kelp
Megaptera novaeangliae & Macrocystis pyrifera fun 2014 10-22 SB Channel-002
Megaptera novaeangliae Macrocystis pyrifera fun 2014 Channel 002
From 2014 10-22 SB Channel
Humpback whale playing in the kelp
Megaptera novaeangliae & Macrocystis pyrifera fun 2014 10-22 SB Channel-018
Megaptera novaeangliae Macrocystis pyrifera fun 2014 Channel 018
From 2014 10-22 SB Channel
Ring of giant kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera ring in blue water 2014 10-22 SB Channel-007
Macrocystis pyrifera ring blue water 2014 Channel 007
From 2014 10-22 SB Channel
A California sea lion rafts alonside a giant kelp paddy
Zalophus & Macrocystis pyrifera paddy 2014 10-09 SB Channel-c-012
Zalophus Macrocystis pyrifera paddy 2014 Channel 012
From 2014 10-09 SB Channel
I have never seen this before. Cormorants gather on a drifting giant kelp paddy on the open ocean where I saw them diving below then coming up in the kelp rubbing their backs on the seaweed. Another example of giant kelp being used to clean and/or remove parasites from an animal?
Phalocrocorax & Macrocystis pyrifera paddy 2014 10-09 SB Channel-001
Phalocrocorax Macrocystis pyrifera paddy 2014 Channel 001
From 2014 10-09 SB Channel
Western gulls on a giant kelp paddy
Macrocystis pyrifera paddy wide angle 2014 10-09 SB Channel-a-002
Macrocystis pyrifera paddy wide angle 2014 Channel 002
From 2014 10-09 SB Channel
Balloon debris caught in giant kelp
balloon mylar in Macrocystis pyrifera paddy 2014 10-05 SB Channel-011
balloon mylar Macrocystis pyrifera paddy 2014 Channel 011
From 2014 10-05 SB Channel
A drifting paddy of giant kelp with a Heermann's gull on top and a California sea lion in the water. Giant kelp paddies like this are oasis for life on the open ocean.
Macrocystis pyrifera drifting paddy Zalophus & Larus heermanni 2014 09-09 SB Channel-x-014
Macrocystis pyrifera drifting paddy Zalophus Larus heermanni 2014 Channel 014
From 2014 09-09 SB Channel
A Velella velella drifts alongside a strand of giant kelp
Velella velella & Macrocystis pyrifera 2014 08-23 SB Channel-002
velella Macrocystis pyrifera 2014 Channel 002
From 2014 08-23 SB Channel
California sea lions in giant kelp
Zalophus californianus in Macrocystis pyrifera floating paddy 2014 08-11 SB Channel-071
Zalophus californianus Macrocystis pyrifera floating paddy 2014 Channel 071
From 2014 08-11 SB Channel
California sea lions in giant kelp
Zalophus californianus in Macrocystis pyrifera floating paddy 2014 08-11 SB Channel-069
Zalophus californianus Macrocystis pyrifera floating paddy 2014 Channel 069
From 2014 08-11 SB Channel
California sea lions in giant kelp
Zalophus californianus in Macrocystis pyrifera drifting paddy 2014 08-11 SB Channel-a-010
Zalophus californianus Macrocystis pyrifera drifting paddy 2014 Channel 010
From 2014 08-11 SB Channel
California sea lions in giant kelp
Zalophus californianus in Macrocystis pyrifera 2014 08-11 SB Channel-227
Zalophus californianus Macrocystis pyrifera 2014 Channel 227
From 2014 08-11 SB Channel
An apical frond of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)
Macrocystis pyrifera detached plant on surface 2014 08-06 SB Channel-012
Macrocystis pyrifera detached plant surface 2014 Channel 012
From 2014 08-06 SB Channel
An arched stipe of giant kelp (Macrocystis)
Macrocystis pyrifera arch 2014 08-01 SB Channel-003
Macrocystis pyrifera arch 2014 Channel 003
From 2014 08-01 SB Channel
The surface canopy layer of giant kelp near the Painted Cave, Santa Cruz Island
Macrocystis pyrifera canopy - Painted Cave -2014 07-29 Sta Cruz Island-004
Macrocystis pyrifera canopy Painted Cave 2014 Sta Cruz Island 004
From 2014 07-29 SB Channel
Giant kelp - perhaps the mother of all human civilization in North America
Macrocystis pyrifera drift paddy 2014 07-19 SB Channel-004
Macrocystis pyrifera drift paddy 2014 Channel 004
From 2014 07-19 SB Channel
Elegant terns rest on a free floating giant kelp paddy in the middle of the Channel
Macrocystis pyrifera drifting paddy & Sterna elegans 2014 07-18 SB Channel-005
Macrocystis pyrifera drifting paddy Sterna elegans 2014 Channel 005
From 2014 07-18 SB Channel
A close up look at a drifting giant kelp plant that continues to actively grow as indicated by several apical fronds. The rapid growth tips of the stipes are an array of fronds that show a gradient in bladder (pneumatocyst) sizes as the fronds each grow larger in turn
Macrocystis pyrifera floating paddy apical fronds 2014 07-15 SB Channel-009
Macrocystis pyrifera floating paddy apical fronds 2014 Channel 009
From 2014 07-15 SB Channel
A wide view of a drifting giant kelp plant (and some green surfgrass in the lower corner). Giant kelp may become detached from the shallow rock reefs on which they live by big surf
Macrocystis pyrifera floating paddy apical fronds 2014 07-15 SB Channel-006
Macrocystis pyrifera floating paddy apical fronds 2014 Channel 006
From 2014 07-15 SB Channel
A piece of giant kelp that came detached from the shallow ocean floor near the beach is now set free drifting on the open ocean
Macrocystis pyrifera free floating paddy 2014 07-11 SB Channel West-018
Macrocystis pyrifera free floating paddy 2014 Channel West 018
From 2014 07-11 SB Channel West
Giant kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera strand 2014 07-08 SB Channel West-093
Macrocystis pyrifera strand 2014 Channel West 093
From 2014 07-08 SB Channel West
Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)
Macrocystis pyrifera canopy 2014 07-01 SB Channel-001
Macrocystis pyrifera canopy 2014 Channel 001
From 2014 07-01 SB Channel
The massive Isla Vista kelp forest
Macrocystis pyrifera canopy 2007 04-10 Sta Barbara Coast--118
Macrocystis pyrifera canopy 2007 Sta Barbara Coast 118
From 2007 04-10 SB Coast
Megaptera novaeangliae UW & Macrocystis pyrifera on rostrum 2014 05-31 SB Channel-006
Megaptera novaeangliae Macrocystis pyrifera rostrum 2014 Channel 006
From 2014 05-31 SB Channel
Megaptera novaeangliae UW & Macrocystis pyrifera on rostrum 2014 05-31 SB Channel-003
Megaptera novaeangliae Macrocystis pyrifera rostrum 2014 Channel 003
From 2014 05-31 SB Channel
Giant kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera stipe with fronds on surface 2014 05-01 SB Coast-MHS-006
Macrocystis pyrifera stipe with fronds surface 2014 Coast MHS 006
From 2014 05-01 SB Coast-MHS
Humans and giant kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera & students 2014 05-01 SB Coast-MHS-a-009
Macrocystis pyrifera students 2014 Coast MHS 009
From 2014 05-01 SB Coast-MHS
Giant kelp stipe and fronds on the surface
Macrocystis pyrifera stipe and fronds on surface 2014 05-01 SB Coast-MHS-b-005
Macrocystis pyrifera stipe and fronds surface 2014 Coast MHS 005
From 2014 05-01 SB Coast-MHS
A moderate surface current runs through the giant kelp forest.
Macrocystis pyrifera live plants canopy 2014 04-29 SB Coast-MHS-a-004
Macrocystis pyrifera live plants canopy 2014 Coast MHS 004
From 2014 04-29 SB Coast-MHS
Circle of giant kelp.
Macrocystis pyrifera circle 2014 04-29 SB Coast-MHS-004
Macrocystis pyrifera circle 2014 Coast MHS 004
From 2014 04-29 SB Coast-MHS
Image 2 of 2: The surface canopy of a giant kelp forest.
Macrocystis pyrifera canopy abstract 2014 04-17 SB Coast-009
Macrocystis pyrifera canopy abstract 2014 Coast 009
From 2014 04-17 SB Coast
Image 1 of 2: The surface canopy of a giant kelp forest.
Macrocystis pyrifera canopy abstract 2014 04-17 SB Coast-004
Macrocystis pyrifera canopy abstract 2014 Coast 004
From 2014 04-17 SB Coast
A ring of giant kelp.
Macrocystis pyrifera ring on surface 2014 04-10 SB Coast-002
Macrocystis pyrifera ring surface 2014 Coast 002
From 2014 04-10 SB Coast
A ring of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera).
Macrocystis pyrifera floating ring shape 2013 Channel 0007
From 2013 12-30 SB Channel-Orcas
Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera).
Macrocystis pyrifera canopy 2013 Channel 026
From 2013 12-28 SB Channel
Macrocystis pyrifera drift 2013 09-28 SB Channel-East-008
Macrocystis pyrifera drift 2013 Channel East 008
From 2013 09-28 SB Channel East
A few stipes of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) catch a few of the sun's rays while floating on the surface of the clear blue water.
Macrocystis pyrifera floating canopy debris 2013 Channel East 007
From 2013 09-14 SB Channel East
A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is photographed resting is a drifting kelp paddy (Macrocystis pyrifera).
Zalophus californianus Macrocystis pyrifera paddy 2013 Channel ACS 004
From 2013 07-13 SB Channel ACS Trip

by BOB PERRY

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