5 articles
Membranipora membranacea skins kelp blades in white lattices of tiny zooids — a grazer, a fouler and, in warm years, a real force in kelp forest loss.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Fungi live inside kelp blades, partner with seaweeds and, as oceans warm, sometimes turn pathogenic. What marine mycology knows — and what it means for farms and reefs.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
The seaweed hatchery is the farm's biosecurity front line. Intake quarantine, screening methods, health certificates, and the seedling protocols that protect farms and reefs.
Naomi Reyes ·
How to spot and manage the main pests and diseases of farmed kelp — epiphytes, grazing snails, ice-ice, endophytic infections and more — with a practical response playbook.
Naomi Reyes ·
A practical biosecurity system for kelp farms: the pest vectors that matter, zoning and quarantine design, and what to do in the first 48 hours of an outbreak.
Naomi Reyes ·