"All specimens from the North Island were expected to be the species Durvillaea antarctica, but unexpectedly 10 samples from four sites were Durvillaea poha -- about 150 km from the nearest ...

Now, a genetic analysis of 38 bull kelp (Durvillaea antarctica) rafts found washed up on coasts in the Southern Hemisphere shows that such transoceanic rafting events happen all the time — at ...

Fronds of southern bull kelp (Durvillaea Antarctica, a non-Antarctic species recently found in Antarctica) floating on the surface of the ocean at Marion Island are pictured on the cover.