6 articles
Lessonia trabeculata, the huiro, builds Chile's great subtidal kelp forests and feeds a global alginate industry. Biology, fishery, ecology and El Niño risk.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
A region guide to Chile's Bay of Concepción — Humboldt Current kelp beds, cochayuyo harvest, artisanal fishing caletas, and where nature persists beside industry.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
A Tidewright field note from Chile's Coquimbo coast: twelve days of sonar, CTD casts and dive transects to write the first baseline for our newest kelp program.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
The Humboldt penguin breeds in guano caves on the desert coast of Chile and Peru, and fishes in one of the richest — and most changeable — seas on Earth.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Explore Chile's Humboldt Current coast: relentless upwelling, Lessonia and giant kelp beds, the cochayuyo harvest tradition, and the pressures reshaping 4,000 km of reef.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Where Humboldt Current upwelling meets a desert peninsula: kelp, the anchoveta fleet and the guano-bird cliffs of the Ballestas. A Coastal Atlas guide.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·