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As oceans warm and people develop coastlines, the threat of invasive species continues to be of major concern to the health of kelp forests worldwide. When new species invade a kelp forest, they can cause significant changes to the kelp food web.
Through this activity, the students can learn the names and predatory relationships of multiple animal and plant species belonging to six different marine food webs, and living in distinct world regions: the Arctic, the Antarctic, kelp forests, mangroves, the North Sea and coral reefs.
A kelp forest is a dense underwater habitat or ecosystem, primarily made up of large brown seaweeds known as kelps. These majestic underwater forests can be found in cold, nutrient-rich waters...
In “Food Chains in the Kelp Forest”, students examine the inter-relationships among plants and animals through a study of the kelp forest. Make an overhead transparency of the “Living Things in the Kelp Forest” drawings. Cut the drawings so each organism can be manipulated separately on the overhead.
Kelpwatch.org hosts the world's largest dynamic map of canopy-forming kelp species, empowering data-driven management and strategic restoration of kelp forest ecosystems. Kelp forests provide myriad benefits to nature and people in oceans around the world.
7 lis 2023 · This story map is meant to give an overview of the importance of the kelp ecosystem in the greater context of southern California's ocean health. Kelp is important in the carbon cycle, the life cycle of other marine animals, and the economy.
9 wrz 2024 · Students use marine organism cards and trophic level classifications to identify and describe food chains in several marine ecosystems. A mother sea otter and pup enjoy a meal of crab at Point Lobos State Marine Reserve, California, United States. Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are predators, meaning they hunt and consume other animals for food.
