New tropical kelp forest discovered in the Galapagos Islands (IMAGE)

University of Malaga

New tropical kelp forest discovered in the Galapagos Islands

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The significance of this research lies in a new species record of this type of alga that, until now, it has been mostly found in colder waters

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Charles Darwin Foundation/University of Malaga

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