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HELP FOR KELP; Terminal Island project seeks to restore underwater plant
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HELP FOR KELP. Terminal Island project seeks to restore underwater
plant
Coaxed by shock treatments of light and cold and warm water,
leaflike pods release billions of spores that swim to tiny rectangles
of nonglazed ceramic tile.
Under fluorescent lights, the spores take hold, mature and mate,
and within two months grow into tiny sprouts of giant kelp, the
marine plant that once reigned supreme along California's coast.
The kelp "seedlings" are being nurtured by the Calif...
