1.   At present in Alaska, the kelp beds are declining again in areas where killer whales are preying on sea otters.

2.   All manner of seabirds drawn by the kelp bed out front.

3.   Five fish were caught from the edge of a kelp bed near Gull Island -- a rock off the coast of Santa Cruz Island.

4.   Instead, ocean-lovers linger on the intense pink stairs and arches, staring at kelp beds dancing in the clear blue below.

5.   Its protected beaches, with kelp beds offshore, have much more user-friendly surf.

6.   Sea otters thrive in a narrow ecological zone of rocky shorelines and kelp beds.

7.   Sea dragons typically live in kelp beds off the coast of Australia, where their bizarre appendages serve as camouflage.

8.   So has coastal development, which has created runoff that undermines the kelp beds.

9.   The flowery appendages provide camouflage in their native Australian kelp beds.

10.   The researchers have documented the decline of otters, the proliferation of urchins and the deforestation of kelp beds.