In Reply to: What's behind the loss of the forests of the sea? posted by on June 03, 2006 at 00:20:39:

Here's an excerpt from this forum:

"Some scientists, including Paul Dayton at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, question whether human efforts to grow kelp are worthwhile in the long run.

They say kelp growth is almost entirely governed by ocean conditions, temperature and surfaces available for kelp to grow on - and that, over time, kelp goes through cycles of boom or bust in sync with these changes, no matter what people do."

Tommy