North Sea Genomes

Kelp blowing in the "wind" in Diamond Bay. Kelp forests are one of the most productive ecosystems of temperate and cooler seas. Source: saspotato on Flickr

If coral reefs are the rain forests of the tropical oceans, kelp forests are the woodlands of the Northern seas. Kelp is one of the algal species that can survive the harsh conditions of the North Sea that I know and love, together with other hardy seaweeds like bladder wrack. All these seaweeds [...]