Roots of Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico

Kelp Forest Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico

Kelp Forest Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico

Scuba Diving in Kelp Forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico

Scuba Diving in Kelp Forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico

Giant kelp (Macrocystes pyrifera), Gypsy Cove, Stanley, East Falkland Island, South Atlantic Ocean, South America

Scuba Diving in Kelp Forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico

Scuba Diving in Kelp Forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico

Kelp at Coast of Cedros, Macrocystis pyrifera, Cedros Island, Mexico

Kelp Forest Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico

Scuba Diving in Kelp Forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico

Kelp Forest Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico

Kelp Forest Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico

Kelp Forest Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico

Sunlight streaming through a forest of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), off Santa Barbara Island, California, United States of America

California, Catalina Island, A female sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) pictured in front of a gorgonian fan in a forest of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera).

California, Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) in kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera).

California, Giant kelp frond showing pneumatocysts (Macrocystis pyrifera) Catalina Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.