Amazing work by our amigos in Baja California! They evaluated responses of #Macrocystis #kelp & associated communities across 600km of the Baja coast after the 2014-16 heat wave & found striking differences in ecosystem transitions & resilience across the southern extent of giant kelp’s range. 🦑🌊
A tangle of giant kelp - *Macrocystis pyrifera* - washed up on a Southern California sandy beach. The kelp is golden-brown with numerous corrugated blades and gas-filled pneumatocysts for flotation.
Who needs some #kelp? #Macrocystis #Seaweed #MarineLife 🦑🌊
Este estudio demuestra que la ciencia de la conectividad puede apoyar una gestión pesquera y ecológica más justa, eficaz y adaptativa.
El huiro no conoce fronteras: la gestión tampoco debería.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.oc...
#Macrocystis #PacíficoSur
#Conectividad @imedea.bsky.social
Stipes of the giant kelp Macrocystis that have a very twisted shape that looks like ramen noodles
Got to get subtidal this #phycologyfriday with a different member of the kelp #foundationspecies crew than I’m used to these days #giantkelp #macrocystis
I found these kelp of noodle stipes pretty fun
So we found giant #kelp (#Macrocystis) in our low-zone plot surveys in Southern California, which is totally awesome b/c now we get to measure functional traits for #Macrocystis!!! @intertidalecol @JNGriffy #PhycologyFriday
A not-so-giant giant #kelp (et al.) growing in the low intertidal zone near the northern limit of its continuous range in Sitka, Alaska. #PhycologyFriday #Macrocystis
Does the plural form of #kelp depend on the number of kelp species present? If >1 is it kelps? #Egregia #Macrocystis #PhycologyFriday
Stopped by the #OceanHealth lab to check on our #Macrocystis #kelp babies. Thanks to lots of persistence, troubleshooting, & hard work by @phoebe_dawkins, @PazLacavex, @JoleahLamb, et. al, they are growing & thriving! @CASeaGrant
Measuring #Macrocystis! @UCIEEB PhD student @laurenelees is comparing uptake of different forms of nitrogen by different co-occurring #kelp species. #PhycologyFriday @MacrocystisKelp
