DSC_9890 Bladder kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) tangled mat of dried kelp stranded at high tide mark. Colonies of this seaweed can be found growing in calmer bays, harbours and offshore reefs. Cats eye Point, Kakanui *
DSC_8061 Bladder kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) dried bladders in beach drift. Colonies of this seaweed can be found growing in calmer bays, harbours and offshore reefs. Warrington Beach
PC_10138 Brown seaweed (Desmarestia ligulata) underwater in tidal pool. Large (to 1m), plants with a flattened main axis and pinnately arranged side branches lying on one plane. Plants release acid when cast ashore which speeds up their decay, and the plants also turn green as they break down. Brighton Beach *
