Bull Kelp

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• The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
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• WDFW's Salmonscape Map

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Bull Kelp canopy is a Puget Sound Vital Sign.

Notes

• Paul Dorn suggests kelp crab predation may be a control on recruitment through herbivory.
• Kelp Survey Project by Northwest Straits Initiative supports citizen science kelp surveys.
• DNR has a kelp canopy status and trends program (presentation by Danielle Claar in 2023).
  • Many sites with decline and total losses in South Puget Sound.
  • floating kelp status varies by sub-basin.
  • DNR kelp monitoring sub-basins discriminates between East and West Juan de Fuca and North Puget Sound and San Juan Islands.
  • Many sub-basins have large data gaps in status.
  • DNR is using drone and fixed wing imagery using near infra-red to monitor kelp beds. They have tons of imagery.
  • https://kelp-canopy-vital-sign-for-puget-sound-wadnr.hub.arcgis.com/
  • DNR maintains an Interactive map that provides details about each monitoring site.

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