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  2. Kelp - Wikipedia

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    [30] [31] Numerous sessile animals (sponges, bryozoans and ascidians) are found on kelp stipes and mobile invertebrate fauna are found in high densities on epiphytic algae on the kelp stipes and on kelp holdfasts. [32] More than 100,000 mobile invertebrates per square meter are found on kelp stipes and holdfasts in well-developed kelp forests. [30]

  3. Macrocystis - Wikipedia

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    Macrocystis is a monospecific genus [3] of kelp (large brown algae) with all species now synonymous with Macrocystis pyrifera. It is commonly known as giant kelp or bladder kelp. This genus contains the largest of all the Phaeophyceae or brown algae. Macrocystis has pneumatocysts at the base of its blades.

  4. Kelp forest - Wikipedia

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    Frequently considered an ecosystem engineer, kelp provides a physical substrate and habitat for kelp forest communities. [16] In algae (kingdom Protista), the body of an individual organism is known as a thallus rather than as a plant (kingdom Plantae). The morphological structure of a kelp thallus is defined by three basic structural units: [10]

  5. Brown algae - Wikipedia

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    Brown algae including kelp beds also fix a significant portion of the earth's carbon dioxide yearly through photosynthesis. [57] Additionally, they can store a great amount of carbon dioxide which can help us in the fight against climate change. [58]

  6. Lessonia (alga) - Wikipedia

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    Lessonia is a genus of large kelp native to the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the only kelp to be restricted to the southern hemisphere and is primarily distributed along the coasts of South America, New Zealand, Tasmania, and the Antarctic islands. [1] [2] Lessonia is one of two principal genera in kelp forests (the other is Macrocystis).

  7. Ascophyllum - Wikipedia

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    Ascophyllum nodosum is an autotroph, meaning that it makes its own food by photosynthesis, like other plants and algae. The air bladders on A. nodosum serve as a flotation device, which allows sunlight to reach the plant better, aiding photosynthesis. [6] Epiphytic red algae on knotted wrack at Roscoff, France

  8. Everything You Need to Know About Seaweed in Skin Care - AOL

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    Sea Salt & Pacific Kelp Exfoliating Body Wash. The benefits of seaweed and algae can also be seen in body products. “The St. Ives Sea Salt & Pacific Kelp Exfoliating Body Wash is a great plant ...

  9. Laminaria hyperborea - Wikipedia

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    Laminaria hyperborea is a species of large brown alga, a kelp in the family Laminariaceae, also known by the common names of tangle and cuvie. It is found in the sublittoral zone of the northern Atlantic Ocean. A variety, Laminaria hyperborea f. cucullata (P.Svensden & J.M.Kain, 1971) is known from more wave sheltered areas in Scandinavia. [2]

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