The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s (SBMM) upcoming exhibit Redwoods of the Sea: Life in the Channel Islands Kelp Forests featuring images by naturalist and underwater photographer Ralph A ...

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Sea otters help recover the kelp forests they depend on. Now scientists know how Julia Musto Updated March 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM Copied ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins. But ...

Kelp captures carbon up to 20 times more than terrestrial forests. It's also a home for marine animals; without kelp, many disappeared — felling fisheries that some supported.

On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea ...

In The Fourth California Islands Symposium: Update on the status of resources. Abstracts. Halvorson, W. L. and Maender, G. J., editors. 24. Santa Barbara, California: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural ...

Sea otters rely on kelp in the ocean to provide shelter and sustenance. The marine mammals also help to restore kelp forests, controlling populations of sea urchins that devour the algae.

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins. But ...