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Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) male carries eggs through a kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera) in Tasmania, Australia. Tasmania is the only part of Australia with giant kelp forests
Dense growth of Bootlace seaweed (Chorda filum) in shallow water, Kimmeridge, Dorset, England, UK, English Channel. July. Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2022 (WPY)
Kelp forest (Laminaria digitata) with small fish, Shetland, Scotland, UK, July
Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) reaching up toward the sea surface, off Santa Barbara Island, California, USA, Pacific Ocean
Air bladders lifting strands of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) towards the surface, off Santa Barbara Island, California, USA
Sugar kelp (Sacchinaria latissima) off Nova Scotia, Canada. September
Kelp forest (Laminaria hyperborea) in the clear seas of Scotland, UK, September
Seaweeds including Thongweed / Sea thong (Himanthalia elongata), Tangleweed kelp (Laminaria digitata), Toothed wrack (Fucus serratus) and Dulse (Palmaria palmata)
Sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) and Sea anemones (Actiniaria) on rock near iceberg. Tasiilaq, East Greenland. April
Sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) near iceberg, view upwards to gap in sea ice. Tasiilaq, East Greenland. April
Blacksmiths (Chromis punctipinnis) school swam through a giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, USA, North East Pacific Ocean
Air filled bladders of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Ocean
Norway's laminaria (Ascophyllum nodosum) growing up towards the surface in clear, shallow sea, Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales, Irish Sea, UK. July
A tangle of Spaghetti seaweed / Thong weed (Himanthalia elongata) growing beneath the straight basalt columns outside Fingals Cave. Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, Atlantic Ocean. August
Spaghetti seaweed / Thong weed (Himanthalia elongata) forest reaching up to water surface to absorb sunlight, Isle of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, Atlantic Ocean. August
Kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus) in Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, Santa Barbara, California, USA
RF - Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) relaxing in a bed of kelp (Laminaria digitata), with two seals in the background. Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. British Isles. North Sea
Orange and white soft corals, Dead mans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) thriving beneath kelp (Laminaria hyperborea). St Abbs, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. North Sea
Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) male hovers over sea oak (Halidrys siliquosa). Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon, England, United Kingdom. English Channel. North East Atlantic Ocean
Black rockfish (Sebastes melanops) school shelter in a bull kelp forest (Nereocystis luetkeana). Race Rocks, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Bull kelp canopy (Nereocystis luetkeana) floating on the surface providing protective habitat for juvenile Rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada
Hooded nudibranchs (Melibe leonina) with oral hood for catching planktonic prey. In the Pacific Northwest they are often found clinging to bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana)
Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) in forest of giant kelp, (Macrocystis pyrifera) off Santa Barbara Island, California, USA
Californian sea lion (Zalophus californianus) swimming in Southern sea palm (Eisenia arborea) and Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benitos Islands
Portrait of a male short snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) in sea oak seaweed (Halidrys siliquosa). Devon, England, United Kingdom. British Isles. English Channel. North East Atlantic Ocean
Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) young male swimming above Kelp / Oarweed (Laminaria hyperborea) Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, North Sea, August
Common lobster (Homarus gammarus) looks out from its hole amongst Dead mans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) beneath a forest of Oarweed kelp (Laminaria hyperborea)
Kelp forest (Laminaria hyperborea), Atlantic Ocean, North West Norway, March
Brown algae (Desmarestia anceps) from King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Preserved specimen
Californian Sealion (Zalophus californianus) in kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benito del Este Island, Baja California Peninsula Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico
Gas bladders of a giant kelp plant (Macrocystis pyrifera). Fortescue Bay, Tasmania, Australia. Tasman Sea. This is the same species of giant kelp which is widespread on the Pacific coast of North
Eastern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome filholi) mid-fall after jumping off rocky ledge to get to sea, surrounded by Bull kelp (Durvillaea antarctica), Auckland Island, Auckland Island
Pollack (Pollachius pollachius) juveniles, swimming amongst Red pom-pom seaweeds (Ceramium sp)Pollack (Pollachius pollachius) juveniles, swimming amongst Red pom-pom seaweeds (Ceramium sp.) and Spaghetti seaweed (Himanthalia elongata), Island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Blue lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii) drifting through a seaweed forest with Red pom-pom seaweed (Ceramium sp.) and Spaghetti seaweed (Himanthalia elongata), Island of Coll
Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus), female, resting on bed of kelp (Laminariales), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean
Sea star (Odontaster validus) on Ribbon kelp (Durvillaea antarctica), Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Dense growth of Bootlace seaweed (Chorda filum) in shallow water, with a Stalked jellyfish (Calvadosia sp). clinging on between strands, Kimmeridge, Dorset, England, UK, English Channel. July
School of Black rockfish (Sebastes melanops) sheltering in Bull kelp forest (Nereocystis luetkeana) in Browning Pass, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean. September
Diverse array of algae species including Sargassum weed (Sargassum horneri), Kelp (Laminariales), Sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca) on shallow reef with juvenile Pollock (Pollachius pollachius)
Female California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) and miscellaneous reef fish swimming in a forest of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) off Santa Barbara Island, California, USA
Male Fifteen spined stickleback / Sea stickleback (Spinachia spinachia) guarding a nest in Spaghetti seaweed / Thong weed (Himanthalia elongata), Isle of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Young, female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) swimming over a forest of Cuvie kelp (Laminaria hyperborea), Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, Atlantic Ocean. August
Aggregation of Common sea urchins (Echinus esculentus) beneath Cuvie kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) forest, Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, North Sea
Small Stalked jellyfish (Calvadosia sp. ) attached to Bootlace weed / MermaidSmall Stalked jellyfish (Calvadosia sp.) attached to Bootlace weed / Mermaids hair (Chorda filum), Pendennis Head, Cornwall, UK. English Channel
Grey top-shell (Gibbula cineraria) grazing on Golden kelp (Laminaria ochroleuca). Pendennis Head, Cornwall, UK, English Channel
Spider crab (Hyas sp. ) scaling the stipe of Cuvie kelp (Laminaria hyperborea)Spider crab (Hyas sp.) scaling the stipe of Cuvie kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) up into the canopy of the kelp forest. Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK
Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) feeding on a Flame shell (Limaria hians) in a kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) forest, Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK
Male Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus) swimming through Kelp forest (Laminaria hyperborea), Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK
RF - Herbivorous common sea urchin (Echinus esculentus) grazes in a kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) forest. Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK
Orange Garibaldi damselfish (Hypsypops rubicundus) in a giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest. Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Colourful soft corals, Dead mans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) and common sea urchins (Echinus esculentus) mass beneath a kelp forest (Laminaria hyperborea)
School of black rockfish (Sebastes melanops) shelter in a Bull kelp forest (Nereocystis luetkeana). Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) female swims over oarweed (Laminaria digitata) in shallow water. Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. North Sea
Orange garibaldi damselfish (Hypsypops rubicundus) in a giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest. Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Split level of a Lions mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) and Feather-boa kelp (Egregia menziesii), Seven-tree Island, Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada. September
Proliferating anemones (Epiactis prolifera) and Kelp lace bryozoans (Membranipora serrilamella) on Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada
Split level shot of kelp and other seaweeds partly exposed at low tide, with coniferous forest in the background. Seen in this photograph are the following
Schooling rockfishes (Sebastes spp. ) with Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana)Schooling rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) with Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana). Different species of rockfish often swim together in mixed schools, as here
Northern kelp crab (Pugettia producta) large adult male is clinging to strands of bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana). Nigei Island, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia. September
Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) female, and Garibaldi, (Hypsypops rubicundus) in forest of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) off Santa Barbara Island, California, USA
A school of filefifsh take shelter and feed on invertebrates (bottom of frame) found on sargassum in the Sargasso Sea
Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus) swims through a kelp forest (Laminaria sp) Porthkerris, Lizard Peninsular, Cornwall, UK August
Young California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) play in the canopy of a forest of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. California, USA. North East Pacific Ocean
Auckland Island brown teal (Anas aucklandica) flightless and feeds and roosts in onshore kelp beds, lives predominantly on Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, Subantarctic New Zealand January
Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) large female exhales a stream of bubbles as she sleeps on shallow seaweeds (Fucus serratus) Lundy Island, Devon, UK, Bristol Channel, August
Dead mans rope algae (Chorda filum), Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve, Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, UK, July
Oarweed (Laminaria digitata) from Roscoff, France, April. Preserved specimen
Group of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in a kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera), California, USA. Pacific ocean
Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) swimming over kelp forest, Shetland, Scotland, UK, August
Group of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) swimming in kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera), California, USA. Pacific ocean
Hooded nudibranchs (Melibe leonina) filter feeding beneath bull kelp. Hussar Point, Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Black rockfish (Sebastes melanops) in bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Detail of the gas bladders and fronds of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) plant. Santa Barbara Island, the Channel Islands, California, United States of America. East Pacific Ocean
Sargassum fish (Histrio histrio) near the surface on floating Sargassum seaweed, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Stewart Island Brown Kiwi / Southern Tokoeka (Apteryx australis lawryi), female probing by scent for sand hoppers in rotting kelp beach wrack, Ocean Beach, Stewart Island, New Zealand
Scenic view of a bull kelp forest (Nereocystis luetkeana) with sunlight shining through the fronds. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada. North East Pacific Ocean
Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) hides on the sebed, with Quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger) and copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) behind in the bull kelp forest
School of Blacksmith fish (Chromis punctipinnis) swim through a giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest. Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Garibaldi fish (Hypsypops rubicundus) and Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benitos Islands, Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico, May
Californian sea lion (Zalophus californianus) in Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benitos Islands, Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico, May
European river otter (Lutra lutra) swimming over kelp, Shetland, Scotland, UK, April
Red gorgonians (Lophogorgia chilensis) growing beneath a Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, with female California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher). Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands
Juvenile brown algae (Desmarestia anceps) close up, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, April. Preserved specimen