Atlas9 min read
The Abrolhos: Where Kelp and Coral Share the Same Reef
The Houtman Abrolhos hosts the Indian Ocean's southernmost coral reefs beside golden kelp beds — the live boundary where warm current meets temperate sea.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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Atlas8 min read
The Esperance Coast: Remote Kelp of the Recherche Archipelago
Beyond the town and the postcards: a coastal atlas guide to Esperance's remote east — Cape Arid, Israelite Bay, the outer Recherche islands and kelp few people ever see.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas10 min read
The Leeuwin Capes: Kelp at the Edge of the Tropics
Where a warm current runs the wrong way, kelp forests hold the tropical edge — the Margaret River capes, their wildlife and the heatwave that changed them.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Atlas8 min read
Esperance and the Recherche: Granite Islands, White Sand, Golden Kelp
A coastal atlas guide to Esperance, Western Australia: kelp forests beneath the whitest beaches in the country, granite islands, seadragons and how to see them.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Encyclopedia8 min read
Western Blue Groper (Achoerodus gouldii): Species Profile
Meet the western blue groper — Western Australia's giant blue wrasse of the kelp reefs, an urchin-eating patriarch that can live more than half a century.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas10 min read
King George Sound: Albany's Sheltered Kelp Jewel
King George Sound shelters some of southern WA's richest kelp reefs. A coastal atlas guide to Albany's granite forests, whale history and cold clear diving.
Tom Okafor ·