3.3.2, five in central California (Figure 

 9), and five in southern California 

 (Figure 10). Community composition in 



other geographic areas is discussed in 

 Section 3.3.3. It is impossible to 

 discuss completely the large number of 



Greyhound Rock 



Om 



Bottom Cover Algae 



Botryogloaaum farlowianum 



Polyneura latissima 



Deamareatia ligulata 20m 



8»89ile Animals 



Tunicatea 



Spongea 



Sandhill Bluff 



Bottom Cover Algae 

 Foliose Red Algae 

 (as at Greyhound Rock) 



Sessile Animals 



Bryozoans 



Sponges 



Tunicates 



10m 

 15m 



Point Cabrillo 



Stillwater Cove 



Bottom Cover Algae 



Glgartlna corymblfera 

 Rhodymenia spp. 

 Sessile Animals 

 Sponges 

 Tunicates 

 Solitary Corals 



20m 



Bottom Cover Algae 



Calliarthron cheiloaporloldes 

 Plocamlum cartilaglneum 



Sessile Animals 30m 



Bryozoans 

 Sponges 



Granite Creek 



Laminaria dentigera 



Pterygophora 

 Californica 



Egregia menziesii 



Nereocystis luetkeana 





Macrocystls 

 integrifolia 





Bottom Cover Algae 



Calliarthron cheilosponoides 

 Plocamium cartilagineum 



Ova Macro 



IT 



cystis pynfere 



Cystoseira osmundacea 

 Phyllospadix spp. 



Patina miniata 

 ^ ^ Pisaster giganteus 



V 



Strongylocentrotus 

 franciscanua 



Red & Purple sea urchins 



Pholad clams 

 Diopatra ornata 



Otters 



Bottom Cover Algae 



Sessile Animals 



Sand 



,--' 



Figure 9. The distribution of conspicuous plants and animals found in five central 

 California kelp forests. Horizontal axes are not to scale. 



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