Image of Giant kelp
Description:
Gas filled floats support giant kelp as it races from depths of over 25 m toward the surface seeking sunlight. There it spreads forming vast canopies. During upwelling, it can grow at rates up to 50 cm /day--as fast as tropical bamboo. . The green color of kelp's chlorophyll is masked by the golden brown fucozanthin, an accessory photosynthetic pigment.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Stramenopiles (heterokont)
- Phaeophyceae (brown algae)
- Laminariales (kelp)
- Laminariaceae
- Macrocystis
- Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant kelp)
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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