Encyclopedia10 min read
Atlantic Wolffish (Anarhichas lupus): The Shell-Crusher of Cold Reefs
Meet the Atlantic wolffish — a fanged, antifreeze-blooded reef fish that crushes sea urchins and has declined badly from trawl bycatch.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
The Tidewright Journal
Everything we know about growing back the ocean.
Encyclopedia entries, coastal atlas guides, science explainers, farming know-how and recipes — written by Tidewright’s scientists, engineers, chefs and field crews, and open to everyone.
Atlas6 min read
New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands: The Kelp Kingdom Nobody Visits
South of New Zealand lie wind-torn islands wrapped in some of Earth's densest kelp forests. A guide to the Auckland and Campbell islands' wild underwater world.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Encyclopedia7 min read
Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator): Dive-Bomber of the Kelp Coast
Plunging from thirty metres at highway speed, the Australasian gannet runs the baitfish economies of southern kelp coasts. Meet Morus serrator, the takapu.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Encyclopedia10 min read
Australian Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus): Species Profile
A species profile of the Australian fur seal, Bass Strait's biggest pinniped — nearly sealed out of existence, now recovering along the kelp coasts of the south.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Farming10 min read
Automated Seaweed Harvest: Machines, Cutters and the Road to Scale
Hand-harvesting caps a kelp farm at boutique scale. How mechanised cutters, pump systems and harvest geometry work — and when automation actually pays.
Naomi Reyes ·
Blue Carbon11 min read
Avoided Conversion Credits: Carbon Money for Not Destroying a Habitat
Avoided conversion credits pay coastal stewards to keep carbon-rich habitats standing instead of destroyed. Here is how they work — and where they fail.
Priya Raman ·
Atlas7 min read
Kelp and Seaweed Forests of the Azores: A Coastal Atlas Guide
Nine volcanic islands in the mid-Atlantic hold warm-water seaweed forests instead of true kelp — plus limpets, groupers and mobulas. An atlas guide to the Azores underwater.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas11 min read
The Azores: Volcanic Reefs and Kelp at the Atlantic's Midpoint
Nine islands on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge offer lava arches, seamount pinnacles and deep-water kelp gardens — a diver's atlas of volcanic reef ecology in the Azores.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas9 min read
Bahía Magdalena: Lagoon Life and Kelp at the Pacific's Edge
Bahía Magdalena on Baja's Pacific coast shelters gray whales in mangrove lagoons — and hides giant kelp at its southern limit on the ocean shore outside.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Encyclopedia9 min read
Ballan Wrasse (Labrus bergylta): The Kelp Forest's Cleaning Foreman
Europe's biggest wrasse rules the kelp rocks: nest-building, sex-changing, shell-crushing — and now conscripted onto salmon farms as a cleanerfish. Full profile.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Encyclopedia8 min read
Banded Morwong: Tasmania's Banded Elder of the Kelp Reef
The banded morwong is a slow-growing, site-loyal grazer of Tasmania's kelp reefs — a fish that can live for generations and taught fisheries a hard lesson.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Atlas9 min read
Bantry Bay: Kelp Forests of Ireland's Deep Southwestern Bite
A coastal atlas guide to Bantry Bay, West Cork — a drowned valley of kelp forest, shellfish farms and Ireland's great kelp-harvest battle.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas11 min read
The Murman Coast: Kelp Forests on Russia's Ice-Free Arctic Shore
A Coastal Atlas guide to Russia's Murman Coast, the ice-free Arctic shore warmed by the Gulf Stream, where kelp forests grow far past the polar circle.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Atlas7 min read
Barkley Sound: Kelp, Broken Islands and a Living Laboratory
Barkley Sound on Vancouver Island's west coast holds giant and bull kelp forests, the Broken Group islands and one of Canada's great marine research stations.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Atlas8 min read
Barkley Sound and Bamfield: A Working Fjord of Kelp and Research
How a boardwalk village at the end of a gravel road became Canada's marine-science capital, and how to visit the kelp fjord it has studied for fifty years.
Tom Okafor ·
Encyclopedia9 min read
Basket Star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis): Species Profile
Basket stars unfurl branching arms into cold currents to sieve plankton at night. Meet Gorgonocephalus eucnemis, the kelp coast's living gorgon head.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Encyclopedia8 min read
Bat Ray (Myliobatis californica): Species Profile
The bat ray is a winged, shell-crushing ray of Pacific bays and kelp edges. Biology, the famous feeding pits, and why divers mistake it for something grander.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Encyclopedia8 min read
Bat Star: The Patient Omnivore Cleaning Up Kelp Forest Detritus
The bat star (Patiria miniata) is the kelp forest's web-fingered clean-up crew — a slow omnivore that turns detritus into reef fertility. Facts, ecology, where to see one.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Atlas13 min read
The Bay of Fundy: Kelp Under the Highest Tides on Earth
How the biggest tidal range on Earth reshapes kelp habitat — and where kelp still grips the outer headlands of the Bay of Fundy.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Atlas8 min read
Bay of Plenty: Warm-Current Kelp on New Zealand's Northern Edge
A Coastal Atlas guide to the Bay of Plenty — golden kelp at its warm limit, volcanic islands, subtropical fish visitors, Moutohorā's sanctuary, seasons and how to see it all.
Tom Okafor ·
Explore9 min read
Beachcombing the Wrack Line: What the Tide Just Delivered
A field guide to the wrack line — identifying kelp holdfasts, blades and pneumatocysts, finding egg cases and drift treasures, and knowing what you may keep.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas8 min read
The Beagle Channel: Kelp Where Darwin First Saw the Forest
At the foot of South America, one glaciated channel carries giant kelp, sea lions and two centuries of history between two oceans. A Coastal Atlas guide.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Science8 min read
Belt Transects and Quadrats: How Ecologists Count a Kelp Forest
Belt transects and quadrats turn a kelp forest into numbers: who lives where, at what density. How these classic survey methods work, and why they endure.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Science10 min read
Benthic-Pelagic Coupling: How the Seafloor and the Water Column Talk
Food produced in sunlit surface water rains down to feed the seafloor, and the seafloor recycles nutrients back up. How benthic-pelagic coupling runs a kelp forest.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·