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Kelp forests of South Africa were recently added to the global kelp forest data repository, Kelpwatch.org. News link: https://ecomagazine.com/news/coastal/new-global-efforts-to-map-and-monitor-kelp-forests-extend-to-south-africa-and-namibia/

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/31/975800880/in-hotter-climate-zombie-urchins-are-winning-and-kelp-forests-are-losing             Associated Publication: McPherson, M.L., D.J.I. Finger, H.F. Houskeeper, T.W. Bell, M.R. Carr, L. Rogers-Bennett, and R.M. Kudela. “Large-scale shift in the structure of a kelp forest ecosystem co-occurs with an epizootic and marine heatwave.” Communications Biology 4, no. 1 (March 2021): 298. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01827-6.