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About 40 per cent of a typical coastal fish can be traced back to kelp forest, according to research led by Steve Wing, also at the University of Otago. Wing and his colleagues determined this by studying stable isotopes—atoms in seawater that become part of the kelp as it grows, then part of the small creatures that eat the kelp. The isotopes are then passed up the food chain to bigger animals that eat them, allowing scientists to track the way organic matter travels through the food chain.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 176 July/August 2022.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-kelp/
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2011. Rights managed image. No Reproduction without prior written permission.
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About 40 per cent of a typical coastal fish can be traced back to kelp forest, according to research led by Steve Wing, also at the University of Otago. Wing and his colleagues determined this by studying stable isotopes—atoms in seawater that become part of the kelp as it grows, then part of the small creatures that eat the kelp. The isotopes are then passed up the food chain to bigger animals that eat them, allowing scientists to track the way organic matter travels through the food chain.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 176 July/August 2022.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-kelp/<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2011. Rights managed image. No Reproduction without prior written permission.