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Draft List of Plants and Algae Likely to Benefit from the Establishment of Marine Protected Areas in California
| Species | Primary Bottom type (Rock/Sand) | Shallow Depth (ft.) | Deepest Depth (ft.) | sm-mod adult home range (sm 0-5 km mod 10-20 km) | Currently mod-large take | Historically mod-large take | Low Pop. Estimate (<40% unfished) | Size structure shifted toward sm indiv | life history trait vulnerable | life stage to benefit (e.g., spawning activity, nursery area) | habitat impacted (by human activity) | Ecologically Important (keystone or habitat forming) |
| bull kelp | Rock | 1 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| eel grass | Sand | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| giant kelp | Rock | 20 | 121 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| other intertidal algal species | Rock | Intertidal | Intertidal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| rock weeds | Rock | Intertidal | Intertidal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| sea palm | Rock | Intertidal | Intertidal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |