Vegetation and Plants in the Ocean.

The ocean is a huge place and covers approximately 75% of the earths surface, although it covers a huge space on the earth it doesn't have much. The two biggest plants/vegetation in oceans today are coral and kelp. Kelp is a type of plant which usually grows along rocky coast lines in depths of 18-90ft. Kelp is similar to algae because of their root-like structure in which they attach to coast-line rocks to. around 40 years ago a diver called Jacques Cousteau did some experiments that you could eat kelp as your main food if you lived underwater. Coral has to live in warm temperature from around 68-82 degrees Fahrenheit. The biggest coral reef in the world is the Great Barrier Reef located in Australia. This reef is so big that if left earth in a rocket ship to space you could still see it. Although Coral is a plant it's also a home to small fish around it. Unfortunately many species of fish are becoming endangered or extinct due to the dieing coral in the sea. Coral is rapidly dieing because of problems like Global Warming and pollution.