Bull kelp is a common name for the brown alga Nereocystis luetkeana which is a true kelp in the family Laminariaceae. Species in the genus Durvillaea are also sometimes called "bull kelp", but this is just a shortening of the common name southern bull kelp.

Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) is vital to the health of marine ecosystems because it provides a healthy variety of biodiversity. Kelp forests provide numerous animals with nutrients and habitat, including kelp crabs, red sea urchins, kelp greenling, kelp perch, and Pacific herring.

Bull kelp is an annual seaweed — meaning it grows from a spore to maturity within a single year. It grows quickly, sometimes 10 inches (25.4 cm) in one day. Bull kelp have reproductive patches (sori) of spores, which, upon maturity, are heavy enough to drop to the ocean floor.

Nereocystis (Greek, 'mermaid's bladder') is a monotypic genus of subtidal kelp containing the species Nereocystis luetkeana. [1] Some English names include edible kelp, bull kelp, bullwhip kelp, ribbon kelp, bladder wrack, and variations of these names. [2]

2025年3月4日 · Bull kelp forests have vibrant biodiversity and are home to hundreds of species of marine life that symbiotically flourish. Kelp forests provide vital habitat for juvenile salmon to escape predators and get nourishment for their journey onto the Pacific. They are a food source for a wide variety of mollusks, crustaceans, and fish. In turn, the ...

Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) is the majestic kelp that grows up to sixty feet in one season, to reproduce and be washed away by winter storms each year. It is the signature species making up the vastly productive kelp forests of the Northern Pacific coastline from Central California through Northern California, the Pacific Northwest ...

2022年4月7日 · Bull kelp is the primary canopy forming species in Puget Sound, teeming with life, and found growing along much of the coastline. Growing kelp beds is an essential part of the action plan for the Smith Cove Blue Carbon project to build and preserve habitat.

Bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana, grows in the ocean waters just off the coast of the North American continent from Central California to the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. These waters are cold and inhospitable to even the most adventurous and trained divers, so the bull kelp story has remained hidden beneath the ocean surface, its world and ...

2020年11月1日 · Bull kelp is the largest species of brown kelp and one of the largest species of kelp in the Pacific Ocean. It prefers colder water, typically between 39° to 59°F (3.9°–15°C). They can be found in Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean anywhere between San Luis Obispo County, California and the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

The common name for Durvillaea is southern bull kelp. This is often shortened to bull kelp, which can generate confusion with the North Pacific kelp species Nereocystis luetkeana. [10] [11] The genus is named after French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842). [12]