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  2. Laminaria digitata - Wikipedia

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    Laminaria digitata is found mostly on exposed sites on shores in the lower littoral where it may form extensive meadows and can be the dominant algal species. It has a fairly high intrinsic growth rate compared to other algae, 5.5% per day, and a carrying capacity of about 40 kg wet weight per square meter.

  3. Osmotic dilator - Wikipedia

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    Laminaria (right) Osmotic dilators, also known as hygroscopic dilators, are medical implements used to dilate the uterine cervix by swelling as they absorb fluid from surrounding tissue. [1] They may be composed of natural or synthetic materials. A laminaria stick or tent is a thin rod made of the stems of dried Laminaria, a genus of kelp.

  4. Laminaria - Wikipedia

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    Laminaria is a genus of brown seaweed in the order Laminariales (kelp), comprising 31 species native to the north Atlantic and northern Pacific Oceans. This economically important genus is characterized by long, leathery laminae and relatively large size.

  5. Kelp - Wikipedia

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    In Russia, especially in the Russian Far East, and former Soviet Union countries several types of kelp are of commercial importance: Saccharina latissima, Laminaria digitata, Saccharina japonica. Known locally as "Sea Cabbage" (Морская капуста in Russian), it comes in retail trade in dried or frozen, as well as in canned form and ...

  6. Fucus - Wikipedia

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    Fucus species can also be used for thalassotherapy, along with other species such as Turkish towel (Chondracanthus exasperatus), feather boa (Egregia menziesii), and finger kelp (Laminaria digitata). [9] In 2005, it was announced that bacteria grown on Fucus have the ability to attack and kill the MRSA superbacterium. [10]

  7. Laminarin - Wikipedia

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    The molecule laminarin (also known as laminaran) is a storage glucan (a polysaccharide of glucose) found in brown algae.It is used as a carbohydrate food reserve in the same way that chrysolaminarin is used by phytoplankton, especially in diatoms. [1]

  8. L. digitata - Wikipedia

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    L. digitata may refer to: Lambis digitata , a sea snail species Laminaria digitata , the oarweed, a large brown alga species found in the sublittoral zone of the northern Atlantic Ocean

  9. Alaria esculenta - Wikipedia

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    It may reach lengths of about 2.5 m. It overlaps to a small degree (+) in distribution with Fucus serratus and somewhat more with Laminaria digitata. It has low and high light limitation values of about 5 and 70 W per square meter respectively. Its distribution is also limited by salinity, wave exposure, temperature, desiccation and general stress.