kelp
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Others are much larger and multicellular, such as kelp, slime molds, and red algae.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
As it grows, sugar kelp absorbs nitrogen pollution, improving water quality and providing habitat for marine life.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Sea otters are a keystone species in kelp forest ecosystems, eating sea urchins that would otherwise consume the kelp, according to the aquarium.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
They say more than 85 per cent of aquatic and marine vegetation, including saltmarsh, seagrass and kelp, has been lost over the past 50 years.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
She loves especially to hear about the dark coasts of South America with their impenetrable walls of trees and offshore breezes full of the stink of rotting kelp and the cries of whelping seals.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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