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Images Found in Marc Shargel's Database

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Add to Light Table	331L18	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	Midsummer kelp grows a dense floating canopy that effectively gathers the available sunlight, shading the seafloor.	June 9, 2000	Aboard The Vision, Big Sur Coast, CA
Add to Light Table	144U35 MSC 109	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	The developing float bulbs of a Giant Kelp stalk form a graceful arch. This tiny tip (2-3" are seen in this picture) can grow up to a foot a day.	October 6, 1991	Soberanes Point, South of Carmel, CA, Monterey Bay National
Add to Light Table	203U24	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	Kelp grows up toward the sun from a rock covered with pink and red Strawberry Anemones.	December 29, 1993	Santa Rosa Isl., East of Pt. Pinnacle
Add to Light Table	276U25	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	The growth tip of Giant Kelp curls into a circular shape.	September 2, 1995	Octopus' Garden, San Clemente Isl.
Add to Light Table	277U03	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	Kelp shines golden brown beneath the Southern California sun.	September 2, 1995	Octopus' Garden, San Clemente Isl.
Add to Light Table	281U33 MSC 169	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	The growing tip of Giant Kelp, a brown alga, looks like golden-brown pearls strung in size order.	September 4, 1995	Pyramid Cove, San Clemente Isl.
Add to Light Table	393U31 MSC 128	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	Blades of giant kelp undulate in the surging sea, as gas-filled bulbs keep the stalk floating upward toward the sun.	July 4, 1997	Cypress Point, Carmel, CA, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanc
Add to Light Table	402U37 MSC 167	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	Gracefully undulating blades and float bulbs make the growing tip of Giant Kelp a beautiful sight. In optimal conditions, this tip can grow a foot or	August 30, 1997	San Clemente Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctua
Add to Light Table	404U34	Heterostichus rostratus	Giant Kelpfish	A Giant Kelpfish holds a perfect parallel, attempting conceal itself among the stalks of Giant Kelp.	August 31, 1997	Pyramid Cove, San Clemente Island,Ca.
Add to Light Table	410U19 MSC 132	Gibbonsia montereyensis	Crevice Kelpfish	A Crevice Kelpfish, with tail curved behind itself, displays camouflage markings, helping it blend in with the surrounding red coralline algae.	September 2, 1997	Coral Gardens, Anacapa Island, Channel Islands National Mari
Add to Light Table	473U10	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	Tip of a Giant Kelp plant can grow rapidly in bright sun, as much as a foot in a day, but this one, seen at night, will have to wait for sunrise.	September 4, 1999	Seal Cove, San Clemente Island, CA
Add to Light Table	475U13	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	A Giant Kelp plant's growth tip curves backwards in front of a screen of golden brown blades.	September 5, 1999	Octopus' Garden, San Clemente Isl., Channel Islands National
Add to Light Table	484U08	Heterostichus rostratus	Giant Kelpfish	Nestled in red or green algae a Giant Kelpfish is fairly easy to spot. Swimming among blades of golden brown kelp, it disappears almost perfectly.	September 7, 1999	Coral Garden, Anacapa Isl., Channel Islands National Marine
Add to Light Table	484U21	Heterostichus rostratus	Giant kelpfish	Giant kelpfish are typically colored brown to match their usual habitat: kelp. Is it coincidence that this one, sitting in red algae, is so red?.	September 7, 1999	Coral Garden, Anacapa Isl., Channel Islands National Marine
Add to Light Table	508U33	Brachyistius frenatus	Kelp Surfperch	A Kelp Surfperch glows golden against a pure black background.	April 21, 2000	Cannery Row, Monterey CA, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanct
Add to Light Table	516U04	Nereocystis luetkeana	Bull Kelp	The float bulb of a small Bull Kelp plant keeps the blades afloat near the surface where they can gather nourishing sunlight.	August 4, 2000	Lobos Rocks, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Add to Light Table	520U24	Nereocystis luetkeana	Bull Kelp	Vertical view of a forest of Bull Kelp, showing long "whips," float bulbs, and blades.	August 15, 2000	Whalers' Cove, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, CA
Add to Light Table	526U34	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	A look down into the depths of the Kelp Forest, from near the surface.	September 2, 2000	Loon Island (off San Clemente Is.), Channel Islands National
Add to Light Table	529U30	Heterostichus rostratus	Giant Kelpfish	A Giant Kelpfish conceals itself in a tangle of kelp blades. The red in the eye is an artifact of the photograph, we believe, like the common "red eye	September 3, 2000	Windowpane, San Clemente Is., Channel Islands National Marin
Add to Light Table	539U13	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	The growing tip of a Giant Kelp plant is buoyed upward by the gas-filled bulbs at the base of each blade. Sunlight penetrating to the bottom provides	September 30, 2000	Bird Rock, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, CA
Add to Light Table	573U34	Hexagrammos decagrammus	Kelp Greenling	A male Kelp Greenling pauses and, uncharacteristically, permits a photograph.	February 16, 2001	Outer Bluefish Pinnacle, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA
Add to Light Table	574U33	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	The maturing float bulbs and blades of Giant Kelp, seen against a background of blades, some healthy and some old and tattered.	February 15, 2001	Outer Bluefish Pinnacle, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA
Add to Light Table	591U18	Hexagrammos decagrammus	Kelp Greenling	A female Kelp Greenling displays the gaudy gold fins and spotted body characteristic of its gender.	June 11, 2001	Von Helm Rock, Big Sur Coast, Monterey Bay National Marine S
Add to Light Table	591U28	Hexagrammos decagrammus	Kelp Greenling	A female Kelp Greenling, dramatically lit, displays its brilliant gold coloration and spotted body.	June 11, 2001	Von Helm Rock, Big Sur Coast, Monterey Bay National Marine S
Add to Light Table	603U26 MSC 168	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	A single translucent stalk of Giant Kelp grows toward nourishing sunlight. Its taller neighbors already put most of the kelp bed in shadow.	September 1, 2001	Octopus' Garden, San Clemente Isl., Channel Islands National
Add to Light Table	607U08		Diver in Kelp		September 2, 2001	Kelp Bed south of Truth Rock Boiler, off San Clemente Island
Add to Light Table	662U31	Macrocystis pyrifera	Kelp	Growing Kelp Bed	June 9, 2002	Octopus' Garden, San Clemente Isl., Channel Islands National
Add to Light Table	673U27	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	Growing tip of a Giant Kelp stipe, photographed at night.	August 31, 2002	Octopus' Garden, San Clemente Isl., Channel Islands National
Add to Light Table	673U30 MSC 172	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	The growing tip and bulbs of a Giant Kelp stipe, photographed at night.	August 31, 2002	Octopus' Garden, San Clemente Isl., Channel Islands National
Add to Light Table	677U23	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	Giant Kelp leaves and bulbs	September 1, 2002	Chinaman's Hat,"" Pyramid Point, San Clemente Is., Channel I
Add to Light Table	677U27	Macrocystis pyrifera	Giant Kelp	Juvenile Garibaldi in kelp	September 1, 2002	Chinaman's Hat,"" Pyramid Point, San Clemente Is., Channel I
Add to Light Table	688U02	Sebastes atrovirens	Kelp Rockfish	A single, pale Kelp Rockfish swims between a pair of Giant Powder Puff Anemones.	February 17, 2003	Hopkins Deep Reef, Pacific Grove, CA
Add to Light Table	688U12	Sebastes atrovirens	Kelp Rockfish	A group of Kelp Rockfish, pale in color, hover in midwater near a cluster of Giant Powder Puff Anemones.	February 17, 2003	Hopkins Deep Reef, Pacific Grove, CA
Add to Light Table	688U13	Sebastes atrovirens	Kelp Rockfish	A pair of Kelp Rockfish hover near a cluster of Giant Powder Puff Anemones.	February 17, 2003	Hopkins Deep Reef, Pacific Grove, CA
Add to Light Table	702U37	Nereocystis luetkeana	Bull Kelp	Streaming bull kelp stipes provide habitat for Blue Rockfish.	September 3, 2003	Outer Pinnacles, Carmel Bay, CA
Add to Light Table	763U26	Pugettia richii	Kelp Crab	A Kelp Crab looks like a Hollywood alien. He's just trying to defend himself from the real alien: a human visitor to his ocean.	September 6, 2005	Santa Cruz Island, CA
Add to Light Table	763U34	Pugettia richii	Kelp Crab	Needs ID	September 6, 2005	Santa Cruz Island, CA
Add to Light Table	803U27		Giant Kelp	Giant Kelp	August 31, 2007	Coral Gardens, San Clemente Isl. NW corner, 1/2 mi off last
Add to Light Table	803U28		Giant Kelp	Giant Kelp	August 31, 2007	Coral Gardens, San Clemente Isl. NW corner, 1/2 mi off last
Add to Light Table	813U18	Sebastes atrovirens	Kelp Rockfish	Kelp rockfish	September 4, 2007	Reef, way of Santa Cruz Isl, south shore.
Add to Light Table	813U19	Sebastes atrovirens	Kelp Rockfish	A pair of kelp rockfish	September 4, 2007	Reef, way of Santa Cruz Isl, south shore.
Add to Light Table	814U26		Giant Kelp	Giant Kelp	September 4, 2007	Nudibranch City, off Santa Cruz, South
Add to Light Table	814U34		Giant Kelp	Giant Kelp leaf	September 4, 2007	Nudibranch City, off Santa Cruz, South
Add to Light Table	046W060	Nereocystis luetkeana	Bull Kelp	Bull kelp close-up.	September 5, 2009	Octopus' Garden, San Clemente Isl

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