Diario de goldenshellback

Our goal is to map local Kelp beds and to record the species observed in each bed.

Volunteers may improve their observation skills by reviewing:
https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/4461135-Kelp-Forest-Recorder-Species
https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/4462176-Healthy-Kelp-Forest--Laminaria-hyperborea--Indicator-Species-in-Ireland

A wonderful report on Ireland's Kelp:
https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/water/Research-_Report_413.pdf

Details from the Kelp Forest Recorder Form, page 21, may be submitted online:
https://forms.gle/x9a6fjLBbWTYxwcx6

Locally, we will also be creating an iNaturalist link of all species associated with each of the Kelp beds that we map.

I highly suggest reading the paper by Brooke Sullivan and Fred Short if you enjoy providing IDs for Eelgrass (Zostera marina) and Dwarf Eelgrasses ('Zostera noltei').

Especially Table 1.

My lack of retinacula in any of my Irish observations causes me concern and I must redouble my observations of "Nanozostera" samples and renew my search!

Reading https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369076254_Taxonomic_revisions_in_Zosteraceae_Zostera_Nanozostera_Heterozostera_and_Phyllospadix

If anyone has a photo of retinacula or has expert knowledge of IDs from Roots and Sheathes, I would love a review of my samples and photos.