Science9 min read
Holes in the Canopy: How Storm Gaps Reset Kelp Forests
Storms punch holes in kelp canopies, and those holes are where the next forest begins. The science of gap dynamics, light pulses and the patchwork reef.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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7 articles
Encyclopedia8 min read
Hooded Nudibranch (Melibe leonina): The Canopy's Net-Feeding Slug
The hooded nudibranch Melibe leonina is a translucent sea slug that nets plankton from its perch on kelp blades. Biology, diet and where to see one.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Science8 min read
Life Under the Canopy: How Kelp Forests Sculpt Light
A kelp canopy is a living skylight — filtering intensity, colour and flicker for everything beneath it. How that sculpted light builds the understorey.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Encyclopedia9 min read
Kelp Perch (Brachyistius frenatus): The Canopy's Constant Companion
How the kelp perch spends its whole life inside the kelp canopy — feeding, cleaning larger fish and raising live-born young — and what canopy loss means for it.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Encyclopedia8 min read
Kelp Perch (Brachyistius frenatus): Species Profile
Meet the kelp perch, a live-bearing surfperch that hovers in the kelp canopy, sips drifting plankton and picks parasites straight off larger fish.
Tom Okafor ·
Field Notes8 min read
Field Notes: First Canopy at Stumpy's Bay
Seven months after seeding, the first kelp canopy breaks the surface at Stumpy's Bay. Tidewright's crew logs the milestone — and what it actually means.
Jack Callum ·
Encyclopedia9 min read
Tubesnout: The Matchstick School of the Kelp Canopy
Meet the tubesnout, the matchstick-slim schooler of Pacific kelp canopies — a stickleback relative that nests on kelp and feeds half the birds.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·