Kelp Project Species Identification

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Species Sampled in Quadrats | Species Sampled in Band Transects

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Invasive Species to look for

 

Abalone Batstar
Black_crowned_seaurchin

Sargassum muticum
Young plants have flat, symmetrical (fern-like) fronds with a notched tip. Older specimens are 1+ m tall and loosely branched with small oval bladders and long finger-like receptacles
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Caulerpa taxifolia
Brilliant green flat, leafy (fern-like) fronds
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Undaria pinnatifida
Alga with wide brown to yellow-tan blades,
Mature plants have a divided midrib,
holdfast, stipe (stem).
Young plants have holdfast, stipe, undivided blade and initally no midrib
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The Kelp Project also looks for and records all other notable species encountered during sampling.

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Species Sampled in Quadrats | Species Sampled in Band Transects

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Special thanks to volunteer diver Ian Craig for donating his pictures!