Kelp+Forest

**// Kelp Forest //** like sea otters, urchins, and fish.** || 1. **The architecture of a kelp forest ecosystem is based on its physical structure, which influences the associated species that define its community structure**. 2. //Many marine animals, such as snails and sea urchins, feed on kelp. Other animals, including lobsters and many fish, use kelps for shelter. People in China and Japan grow kelp for food on special farms in the ocean. In the United States and many other countries, kelp is collected from the places where they grow naturally. For example, giant kelp is harvested along the coast of California. Harvested kelps have algin, a substance used in the manufacture of ice cream, salad dressing, beer, paper, cosmetics, and many other products. Kelp is also used as animal food and as fertilizer. // 3.Made from brown macroalgae of the order Laminarials, kelp forests provide a good 3-D habitat for aquatic animals and are a source for learning many environmental processes. ||  ||   ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Seaotterrocks.jpg width="322" height="251"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Seaurchin_300.jpg/800px-Seaurchin_300.jpg width="252" height="251" link="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Seaurchin_300.jpg"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Kelp_forest.jpg width="199" height="252"]] ||
 * ** A sea otter's thick fur makes its body appear much larger on land then in water so it will be more safe on water then on land. ** || //Sea urchins like this purple sea urchin can damage kelp forests by chewing through kelp holdfasts.// ||  **Kelp Forests provide shelter, and food for many marine animals
 * **A Positve human impact on this biome: we are using animal reservations to help preserve kelp. ** ||  ||
 * //A Negative human impact on this biome: pollution and water quality, kelp harvesting and fisheries, invasive species, and climate change.// ||  ||
 * 3 interesting facts
 * [[file:Kelp forests.pptx]] ||  ||   ||