Environmental Science 15th Edition by Scott Spoolman,Tyler Miller

Exercise 7

Search for kelp forests (also sometimes called kelp beds ), and use the results to find sources of information about how a warmer ocean, as a result of climate change, might affect California's coastal kelp forests on which the southern sea otters depend ( Core Case Study ). Write a report on what you found. Try to include information on current effects of warmer water on the kelp beds as well as projections about future effects. Also, summarize any information you might find on possible ways to prevent harm to these kelp forests.