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Eucheuma, commonly known as sea moss or gusô (/ ɡ u ˈ s ɔː ʔ /), is a rhodophyte seaweed that may vary in color (purple, brown, and green). Eucheuma species are used in the production of carrageenan, an ingredient for cosmetics, food processing, and industrial manufacturing, as well as a food source for people in the Philippines, Caribbean and parts of Indonesia and Malaysia. [1]
Posidonia oceanica is a flowering plant which grows in dense meadows or along sandy channels in the waters of the Mediterranean. It is found at depths of 1–35 metres (3.3–114.8 ft), [8] depending on water clarity. Subsurface rhizomes and roots stabilize the plant, while erect rhizomes and leaves reduce silt accumulation.
Other seaweed may be used as fertilizer, compost for landscaping, or to combat beach erosion through burial in beach dunes. [55] Seaweed is under consideration as a potential source of bioethanol. [56] [57] Seaweed is lifted out of the top of an algae scrubber/cultivator, to be discarded or used as food, fertilizer, or skin care.
A beachgoer stands near seaweed that washed ashore on March 16, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Reports indicate that this summer, a huge mass of sargassum seaweed that has formed in the ...
The elkhorn sea moss varies in size, weight, and age. It is a dark greenish-brown hue and can sometimes be deep purple. The moss is cylindrical in shape throughout the seaweed. Its diameter averages 1.526 mm when dried. [1] Near the base of the seaweed, its average length is from 1 mm to 17 mm and 1 mm to 2 mm in diameter.
Zostera sp in Mussel Ridge Channel, Birch Island, Maine. Zostera is a small genus of widely distributed seagrasses, commonly called marine eelgrass, or simply seagrass or eelgrass, and also known as seaweed by some fishers and recreational boaters including yacht captains.
The list of seaweeds and marine flowering plants of Australia (temperate waters) is a list of marine species that form a part of the flora of Australia. The geographical range is from Perth, Western Australia to New South Wales , and those tropical species which are also found in this range may also be listed here..
The seaweed can choke corals, wreak havoc on coastal ecosystems and diminish air quality. A giant seaweed bloom that can be seen from space threatens beaches in Florida and Mexico Skip to main content