Gulf of Maine kelp forest (IMAGE)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Gulf of Maine kelp forest

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Kelp forests provide essential food, habitat, and clean water for a rich marine ecosystem on Maine’s coast, but these forests are in flux due to pressures of rising ocean temperatures (Courtesey of Brian Skerry). 

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Brian Skerry

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