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Marine ecologists study the effects of giant kelp on groups of organisms in the underwater forest ecosystem

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2018-03-14

When British naturalist Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands in 1835, he took notice of the giant kelp forests ringing the islands. He believed that if those forests were destroyed, a significant number of species would be lost. These underwater ecosystems, Darwin believed, could be even more important than forests on land.

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https://phys.org/news/2018-03-marine-ecologists-effects-giant-kelp.html