Jacob Burckhardt's interpretation of the renaissance was a prototype of the modern world. Scholars think he overlooked the continuity between the middle ages and the renaissance. Also other renaissances had revived ancient things like Greek science, the Latin language, and a liking of the worth and creativity of individuals. To fifteenth-sixteenth century Italy the term meant a time of growth.
A kelp forest off of the coast of Anacapa Island, California. Giant kelp uses gas filled floats to keep the plant suspended, allowing the kelp blades near the ocean surface to capture light for photosynthesis.
Kelp forests provide important structural features and ecosystem function to coastal marine communities. The physical structure of kelp provides vertical habitat similar to trees on land; it is used by numerous fishes and invertebrates.Kelp forests are considered an important nursery habitat for nearshore rockfishes and serve as a primary foraging area for many southern sea otters, Enhydra lutris nereis.ull kelp, which tolerates high wave action, is typical along exposed rocky shores, whereas giant kelp is abundant in all areas except the most exposed sites. Both species co-mingle from Cambria to Monterey, but giant kelp is very rare north of Santa Cruz.