News Headline
Marine ecologists study the effects of giant kelp on groups of organisms in the underwater forest ecosystem
Source
Brinkwire
Publication Date
2018-03-15
New analysis by UC Santa Barbara researchers has found that the kelp’s structure may be more important than the food it provides. Using over a decade’s worth of data from the Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research project, supported by the National Science Foundation, the investigators examined the effects of kelp on groups of organisms in the kelp forest ecosystem.