Kelp forests provide a variety of commercial and ecosystem services to humans. ... In addition to algin, kelp is a component in some fertilizers, a healthy ingredient in food, and a potential alternative energy source. The habitat itself provides humans with many benefits known as ecosystem services.
underwater ecosystems formed in shallow water by the dense growth of several different species known as kelp's. ... Like those systems, though, kelp forests provide important three-dimensional, underwater habitat that is home to hundreds or thousands of species of invertebrates, fishes, and other algae.