Facts:Sea urchins graze kelp and may reach population densities large enough to destroy kelp forests at the rate of 30 feet per month. Urchins move in "herds," and enough urchins may remain in the "barrens" of a former kelp forest to negate any attempt at regrowth. Sea otters, playing a critical role in containing the urchin populations, prey on urchins and thus control the numbers of kelp grazers.
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The Kelp forest is much like a forest on land. They both have multiple layers. The layers in which the mammals, fish, seabirds, and others live in is considered the canopy or the top layer. The kelp acts as a huge source of nutrient-rich food for all that live within the kelp forest. There are many fish in the Kelp Forest that are an importance to commercial fisherman and those fish would be black rockfish, blue rockfish, olive fish, and kelp rockfish. The kelp in the kelp forests is able to support more than 1,000 living organisms in the kelp forests. The organisms living in the forest must be able to withstand its temperatures of about 5-20 C 43-72 F. Many organisms find protects embedded in the kelp to hide from their predators.
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"What Lives in a Kelp Forest." What Lives in a Kelp Forest. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Feb. 2015.
"Kelp Description." Kelp Description. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Feb. 2015.
http://www.wrobelphoto.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=161 (mosshead warbonnet)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabezon_(fish) (Cabezon)
http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/eco/taxalab/zaheerk.htm (Wolf Eel)
http://io9.com/5911216/meet-the-sarcastic-fringehead-an-oddly-named-fish-who-looks-like-the-predator (Sarcastic Fringehead)
http://www.baue.org/images/galleries/v/FieldGuide/Fish/NeoclinusStephensae/_DSC5310.jpg.html (yellowfin fringehead)
http://www.divebums.com/week/2007/Jan02-2007/index.html (Cervice Kelpfish)
http://www.snipview.com/q/Kelp%20pipefish (Kelp pipefish)
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animal-guide/fishes/coralline-sculpin (Coralline Sculpin)
http://chemistry.csudh.edu/faculty/jim/trip%20reports/Sixteen%20nudes.html (Painted Greenling)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nusa_Lembongan_Mola_Mola.jpg (Ocean Sunfish)
"Kelp Description." Kelp Description. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Feb. 2015.
http://www.wrobelphoto.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=161 (mosshead warbonnet)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabezon_(fish) (Cabezon)
http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/eco/taxalab/zaheerk.htm (Wolf Eel)
http://io9.com/5911216/meet-the-sarcastic-fringehead-an-oddly-named-fish-who-looks-like-the-predator (Sarcastic Fringehead)
http://www.baue.org/images/galleries/v/FieldGuide/Fish/NeoclinusStephensae/_DSC5310.jpg.html (yellowfin fringehead)
http://www.divebums.com/week/2007/Jan02-2007/index.html (Cervice Kelpfish)
http://www.snipview.com/q/Kelp%20pipefish (Kelp pipefish)
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animal-guide/fishes/coralline-sculpin (Coralline Sculpin)
http://chemistry.csudh.edu/faculty/jim/trip%20reports/Sixteen%20nudes.html (Painted Greenling)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nusa_Lembongan_Mola_Mola.jpg (Ocean Sunfish)