Macrocystis pyrifera; Giant Kelp

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Macrocystis pyrifera; Giant Kelp

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Macrocystis pyrifera
Giant Kelp

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0405 0758 (2005-04-16)

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date of photo between 1970 and 1974

latitude 34.00497 longitude -119.72547 max error distance 19344 meters View on Google Maps.

horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984

georeferencing source GeoLocate

location Channel Islands National Park (Santa Barbara County, California, US)

family Lessoniaceae

order Laminiariales

class Phaeophyceae

plant community Subtidal

notes 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.

camera Rolleimarin

photo category: Plant - algae

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT

common names Giant Kelp (photographer)

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