In to the Deep, Produced by Graeme Gerguson, Directed by Howard Hall. It's an IMAX Presentation.  
 
  What Eats Kelp?

Many animals find kelp tasty and tender. Turban snails and some sea slugs (nudibranchs) graze on stipes while kelp bass and sea hares feed at the base. Opaleyes and half moon perch nibble on juvenile and adult plants. If not gobbled up by urchins and abalone, bits of drift kelp washed into inshore waters or deep submarine canyons may become part of another marine food chain.

 
 
  There are several species or types of kelps. The best known species is giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). It grows in the cold waters off the western coasts of North America and South America.

  
 
 
Kelps: Plants Of The Ocean Forest
Kelps are members of a diverse group of simple water plants called algae.
 
 
How Do Kelps Reproduce?
When male and female gametes combine, they form a Zygote which continues to devlop through juvenile.
 
 
Kelp : Where In The World ?
Kelp are found throughout the world wherever ocean currents transport cool water.
 
 
Kelp : A Community Beneath
Kelp is a complex, crowded community and home to more than 750 species of marine life.
 
 
Kelps : A Natural Resource
The Kelp forest is an important and comparatively accessible natural resource.
 




 
 
   
 

Designs for survival:

Competition is the way of life in the Kelp forest as groups struggle for limited resources. Kelp forest creatures face the same survival challenges as terrestrial animals do: finding food; securing shelter; and staying alive long enough to reproduce. These marine animals have an array of physical and behavioral adaptations which help them to compete in the kelp forest.

Finding food is paramount to survival and kelp forest animals have a veriety of strategies to land a meal. Gliding over the sandy bottom, a bat ray's undulating "Wings" expose buried shelfish. Powerful jaws and grinding teeth crack open tough-shelled prey. Sleek sea lions use their speed and keen eyssight to catch squid and small fish: Moving more than a foot (30 Centimeters) per minute, a huge Pycnopodia sun star easily overtakes snails, crabs and brittle stars and devours them.