Abiotic factors are a major part of the kelp forest and allow it to live. Without these factors the Kelp forest would't be able to exist. Without all these factors working in perfect unison, the ecosystem wouldn't survive. Abiotic factors are all the factors in an ecosystem that aren't living. In the kelp forest it includes some of the following...
*light
*temperature
*nutrients
*water motion
*hard substrate
*rocks
*run-off
*pollutants
*wind
*chemicals
*light
*temperature
*nutrients
*water motion
*hard substrate
*rocks
*run-off
*pollutants
*wind
*chemicals
What I used...
I. What Are Kelp Beds Or Forests? "Kelp Bed/ Forest Ecology." Kelp Bed / Forest Ecology (n.d.): n. pag. Csun.edu. Web. 6 Feb. 2015.
"Kelp Description." Kelp Description. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
I. What Are Kelp Beds Or Forests? "Kelp Bed/ Forest Ecology." Kelp Bed / Forest Ecology (n.d.): n. pag. Csun.edu. Web. 6 Feb. 2015.
"Kelp Description." Kelp Description. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.