giant kelp

noun

any of various very large kelps of the genera Laminaria, Macrocystis, and Nereocystis.

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Swaying columns of giant kelp line the rocky shores of California’s Monterey Bay, providing habitat and hunting grounds for rockfish, sea otters, and urchins.
Companies hoping to grow carbon-sucking kelp may be rushing ahead of the science | James Temple | September 19, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
The giant kelp forests along Tasmania have also shrunk by about 95% in recent years.
Companies hoping to grow carbon-sucking kelp may be rushing ahead of the science | James Temple | September 19, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
In comparison, one of the main kelp species in Monterey Bay is giant kelp.
Urchin takeover underlies California’s vanishing kelp forests | Anushree Dave | May 7, 2021 | Science News For Students
The sea is a vast reservoir of potash, and seaweed, especially the giant kelp, absorbs large quantities of this potash.
General Science | Bertha M. Clark
They would find that an inexhaustible supply of potash could be manufactured from the giant kelp beds of the Pacific Coast.
Our National Defense: | George Hebard Maxwell

A specimen of giant kelp was secured from alongside of the ship, broken off at arm's length below the surface of the water.
Equatorial America | Maturin M. Ballou

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