#wrack-ecology

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A storm-kelp wrack line of fronds and bull kelp whips strewn along a wet beach at dawn, with sandpipers feeding and a muted teal ocean behind.

Drift Kelp and Wrack: The Forest's Gift to the Beach

Kelp forests export a share of everything they grow. Here's how drift kelp feeds open water, beach wrack feeds the shore, and why leaving wrack alone matters.

Dr. Mara Ellison · September 26, 2026

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