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bull kelp

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bull kelp
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various large brown seaweeds of Pacific and Antarctic waters


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The two strongest proposals are a section off of Port Orford, a 4-square-mile area rife with sea stacks, canopy kelp beds, rocky subtidal areas and abundant seabird colonies; and a swath of territory near Otter Rock, home to the largest stand of bull kelp north of Cape Arago, said Gus Gates, Oregon field policy coordinator with the Surfrider Foundation.
Klinger, of the University of Washington in Seattle, studies the winged and bull kelps that stretch rubbery garlands up from the seafloor off the nearby Pacific coast.
Proof of their wanderings is on the walls - along with a bevy of nudes, huge paintings of mountains in the Yukon, bull kelp seaweed from New Zealand and wonderfully characterful Mexican chaps, looking like extras from a spaghetti western, but the real McCoy.
 
 
 
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