Take a Virtual Dive in a Kelp Forest | California Academy of Sciences

Visit an underwater forest near Point Lobos, California, to learn what a kelp forest food web looks like. From the smallest microbes to the largest animals, more than a thousand species take part in this diverse food web that draws its energy from the Sun.

Data Sources: Animated Species Reference: San Francisco Bay Food Web Ecological Model of Paleocommunity Food Webs, G. Diel and K. Flessa, EDS. Conservation Paleobiology: The Paleontological Society Papers, 15: 195-220. Peter Roopnarine, Curator, Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences. Collections of the California Academy of Sciences Moe Flannery, Collection Manager, Ornithology & Mammalogy, Christina Piotrowski, Collection Manager, Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, Debra Trock, Senior Collections Manager, Botany. The Steinhart Aquarium Staff Bart Shepherd, Director. M. Elliott Jessup, Diving Safety Officer. Margarita Upton, Aquatic Biologist

For classroom activities, visit www.calacademy.org/educators/habitat-earth-in-the-classroom

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