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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Kelp Management Report Background, Environmental Settings, and Recommendations (Final Release)   Release Date: October 3, 2000

"There is one marine production, which from its importance is worthy of a particular history. It is the kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. This plant grows on every rock, from low-water mark to a great depth, both on the outer coast and within the channels. … The number of living creatures of all Orders, whose existence intimately depends on the kelp, is wonderful. A great volume might be written, describing the inhabitants of one of these beds of sea-weed. … I can only compare these great aquatic forests of the southern hemisphere, with the terrestrial ones in the inter-tropical regions." - Charles Darwin (1845)   Announcement of Availability A downloadable PDF version of the MBNMS Kelp Management Plan is available at the MBNMS FTP site. Kelpreportfinal.pdf (878K) Kelpappendix.pdf (289K) Acrobat Reader software can be downloaded for free from Adobe US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service National Marine Sanctuaries Office Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

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