4 articles
The sea palm lives where waves hit hardest — a flexible-stiped kelp that bends with the swell. Its biology, mussel-bed alliance and why foraging it is wrong.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Beyond the famous sounds lie full-swell reefs, shelf-edge upwelling and wilderness kelp. A guide to Vancouver Island's outer coast — and how to reach it.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Wave energy is the architect of rocky reefs. How drag, shear and exposure gradients sort species, sculpt kelp and decide where a forest can stand.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Wave exposure decides which kelp species can live where, and what shape they take. How ocean energy filters the forest — and why it matters for restoration.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·