Image of Giant kelp
Description:
At the tip of each giant kelp frond is found the apical scimitar blade, the site of the meristem or persistent growth zone. Here the kelp's floats and blades differentiate and split apart as the kelp grows toward the surface of the sea. Depth 3 m.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Stramenopiles (heterokont)
- Phaeophyceae (brown algae)
- Laminariales (kelp)
- Laminariaceae
- Macrocystis
- Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant kelp)
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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