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Kelp washed ashore on Reiss Beach, Sinclairs Bay, Caithness, Scotland.

Kelp washed ashore on Reiss Beach, Sinclairs Bay, Caithness, Scotland.

 

The kelp comprosis of two species Laminaria digitata and Laminaria hyperborea. Also fucoid species were present in the tangled mass. The kelp was dumped on the beach during the mighty storm on 14 December 2012.

 

Kelp washed ashore on Reiss Beach, Sinclairs Bay, Caithness, Scotland.

 

The kelp comprosis of two species Laminaria digitata and Laminaria hyperborea. Also fucoid species were present in the tangled mass. The kelp was dumped on the beach during the mighty storm on 14 December 2012.

 

The kelp stalks are called stipes and the root like structures holdfasts. Holdfasts attach to rocky seabeds, rocks, pebbles and stipes or holdfasts of other algae.

 

Link for further information on kelp: www.crd.bc.ca/watersheds/protection/wildlife-plants/kelp.htm

www.geol.utas.edu.au/kelpwatch//facts_b.html#morph

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Uploaded on January 12, 2013
Taken on December 27, 2012