Kelp forest to turf algae (IMAGE)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Kelp forest to turf algae

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Dive images show the habitat differences between a kelp-dominated reef (top) compared to a turf-dominated reef (lower). Researchers involved in the study have documented how kelp forests along large swaths of the Maine coast have collapsed and turf algae has proliferated in their absence (Credit: Shane Farrell).

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Shane Farrell

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