4 articles
Marine biogeography splits kelp coasts into distinct provinces, each with its own species and history. A tour of the regions — and the barriers that made them.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Almost every reef animal and alga spreads as a drifting larva or spore. How far they travel — and which reefs talk to which — decides how kelp recovers.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Every great kelp forest sits in the shadow of a great current. Here's how western and eastern boundary currents shape temperature, nutrients and the world's temperate reefs.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Storms tear kelp free and send it drifting with whole communities aboard. Inside the science of kelp rafts and transoceanic dispersal.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·