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Posted in Primers on Apr 12th, 2008
Compared to the higher plants, algae may appear simple. But their community structure represents just as much a challenge for marine biologists as our terrestrial counterparts! Algal communities are very complex as they are exposed to a variety of regularly changing cycles, the most predominant being the cycle of the tides and the penetrate of [...]
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 [...]