1. Filling the seats will take more than kelp forests and frolicking seals, perennial favorites though such things are. 2. In turn, the urchins grazed down the kelp forests, important habitat for a whole host of ocean life. 3. The gallery devoted to Southern California and Baja features a kelp forest, sea turtles and sea lions. 4. The otters are the keystone species of a coastal ecosystem called kelp forests. 5. The Pacific Ocean here is home to kelp forests and breeding grounds for bottlenose dolphins. 6. Walking between walls of water, the visitor has the sensation of being immersed, enveloped by kelp forests, sea anemones, corals and flashing schools of fish. 7. While warm waters are renowned for coral reefs, Southern California has giant kelp forests. 8. The sea urchins grazed away the kelp forests, causing a steep decline in fish populations. 9. They can also follow an indoor river from its source as a mountain waterfall to its flow into the sea, or view a two-story kelp forest. 10. This in turn allows the sea urchin to graze down the kelp forest. |