Limpets and Ascophyllum
Posted in Research on Apr 13th, 2008
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Ascophyllum nodosum
Posted in Featured on Apr 13th, 2008
Ascophyllum nodosum is closely related to the genus Fucus, and is believed to have derived from an ancestral species that belongs to the Fucus genus. Ascophyllum is the longest lived of all fucoids (~60 yrs; Aberg, 1992) this has implications of phycologists in studying the ecology and lifecycle of Ascophyllum nodosum due to large timescale [...]
Where can you find seaweeds?
Posted in Primers on Apr 12th, 2008
Seaweed’s come in many different shapes and sizes varying from the microscopic seaweeds that encrust rocks on the sea shore to the huge mega kelps that can be many metres long.
Seaweeds need light to photosynthesise. This very important factor restricts seaweed to an area called the photic zone. This is the maximum depth that light [...]