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Giant kelp; "big Mac"
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MarineBioPhotography > Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)holds the wind chop down and makes the surface slick and glassy just south of Gaviota California. Condor Express, March 11, 2007...while chasing northbound Grays.
MarineBioPhotography > Another single stipe of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) adrift in the middle of the Santa Barbara Channel July 26, 2008. Click on "Map This" above and you can see the exact location.
MarineBioPhotography > An old, popped "air bladder" or pneumatocyst of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)covered with the Jack Frost Bryozoan (Membranipora membranacea). When whole, these pneumatocysts are filled with carbon monoxide gas, not "air." Found as debris on at Zuma Beach on April 30, 2006.
MarineBioPhotography > Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)on the surface of the blue waters of Landing Cove, Anacapa Island on June 2, 2007.
MarineBioPhotography > Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaengliae) love Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Here a whale surfaces within a kelp paddy and rubs its head in the seaweed; June 8, 2008...Santa Barbara Channel...Condor Express.
MarineBioPhotography > Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaengliae) love Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Here a whale lifts its long pectoral fin draped in kelp and prepares to slap the water; aboard the Condor Express on July 10, 2007, near the west end of Santa Cruz Island. You can click on "Map This" and see the exact spot.
MarineBioPhotography > Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaengliae) love Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Here a whale surfaces with kelp all over its back. Condor Express....June 8, 2008, Santa Barbara Channel.
MarineBioPhotography > Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) frond covered with sea foam. Zuma Beach, April 5, 2006.
MarineBioPhotography > Mature giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can be seen forming a canopy on the surface. Aboard my Dive Boat Sandy Bay, Sunday May 18, 1986. This was on the south side of Anacapa, in the gap between East and Middle Islands. Air temp 60F. Water 58F, and 60-foot viz. Dive log 1225.
Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)holds the wind chop down and makes the surface slick and glassy just south of Gaviota California. Condor Express, March 11, 2007...while chasing northbound Grays.
> Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)holds the wind chop down and makes the surface slick and glassy just south of Gaviota California. Condor Express, March 11, 2007...while chasing northbound Grays.
Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)holds the wind chop down and makes the surface slick and glassy just south of Gaviota California. Condor Express, March 11, 2007...while chasing northbound Grays.
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