Threatened Habitats: Kelp Forests

Kelp forests shelter many kinds of life in temperate coastal waters of the Americas, Europe, and Asia, but these habitats are vulnerable to declining water quality, over-harvesting of kelp and fish, and fluctuations in water temperature.

photo © by Norbert Wu

Ocean Planet Exhibition Floorplan

gene carl feldman (gene@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (301) 286-9428
Judith Gradwohl, Smithsonian Institution (Curator/Ocean Planet)