
Sea Bamboo (Ecklonia maxima): South Africa's Giant Kelp
Sea bamboo is the towering hollow-stemmed kelp of South Africa's cold west coast. Biology, range, ecology and harvest of Ecklonia maxima, the Cape's forest builder.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
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Sea bamboo is the towering hollow-stemmed kelp of South Africa's cold west coast. Biology, range, ecology and harvest of Ecklonia maxima, the Cape's forest builder.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Langebaan Lagoon runs warm and shallow while the Atlantic outside stays cold and kelp-lined. A guide to South Africa's surprising West Coast shores.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
St Helena Bay is where the Benguela upwelling cell is born — kelp fringe, rock lobster, seabird islands, and the dynamics of a bay that feeds an entire region.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
A guide to Namibia's Skeleton Coast kelp — sea bamboo in cold Benguela water beside the world's oldest desert, guano islands, lobster fisheries and fog-shrouded forests.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·

A guide to South Africa's kelp forests — towering sea bamboo in cold Benguela water, abalone farms, great white sharks, and an Atlantic-Pacific meeting of seas.
Naomi Reyes ·