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Corsica's Kelp and Posidonia Coasts: Where the Maquis Meets the Sea

A coastal atlas guide to Corsica — Cystoseira canopy forests, vast Posidonia meadows, and the Mediterranean's only true kelp in deep water off the island of granite.

Dr. Theo Nakamura · September 26, 2026

Underwater view of a dense brown Cystoseira canopy forest growing over pale granite boulders in clear Sardinian water, with sunbeams, small silver fish and seagrass at the sandy edge

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Sardinia: Cystoseira Forests on the Granite and Karst of the Tyrrhenian

A granite-and-limestone island ringed by brown-algal canopies, Posidonia meadows and marine reserves — the Mediterranean's canopy kelp story, up close.

Dr. Theo Nakamura · September 26, 2026

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