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Falkland Islands Seaweed Survey 2003
A Brown alga previously unknown from the Falkland Islands. Preliminary study of its anatomy suggests it is a ... of Dictyota, possibly undescribed . It is currently under further investigation. Approx 10 cm long. A Red alga thought to be endemic to the Falkland Islands, Pseudophycodrys phyllophora. Approx 13 cm long. ...
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Habitat: Order Siphonocladales Dictyosphaeria cavernosa Description: commonly known as the "Green Bubble Alga" due to the large round cells. When small the thallus is a hollow sphere, when ... shaded areas of almost any habitat. Centroceras clavulatum Description: Y shaped branches and usually dark red in appearance. Size is 1mm diameter with two branches often curving upward, creating a claw ...
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Coral reefs of Hawai'i
(Dictosphaeria caveronasa), which overgrew reefs and killed coral (Maragos, et al., 1985). Perhaps a similar mechanism is responsible for the west Maui "algal problem" where species of the green alga Cladophora and the introduced red alga Hypnea are covering corals and killing the reef. Reefs are also damaged by the runoff of terrestrial sediments, ...
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University of Hawai‘i ♦ Botany Department Invasive Marine Algae of Hawai‘i Invasive Algae Red Algae Green Algae Brown Algae Seagrasses Glossary Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Børgesen 1910 Invasive Alien Division Class ... ’s, most likely entering on a barge from Guam. The red alga is found on reefs and intertidal habitats. This alga’s plastic morphology has allowed it to adapt to different ...
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Acanthophora spicifera
Biology, 132: 409-421. Magruder, W.H., and J.W. Hunt, 1979. Seaweeds of Hawaii. Oriental Publ. Co., Honolulu, Hawaii. Nishimura, N.J. 2001. Assessment of Genetic Variability in the Invasive Red Alga, Gracilaria salicornia (C. Agardh) Dawson. Using Multi-locus DNA Fingerprinting. Masters Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii. Rodgers, S.K, and E.F. Cox, 1999. Rate of spread of ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
Australia) Evaluator/s: Paxton, J. (Australian Museum) & Coppejans, E. (University of Gent, Belgium) Justification: The red alga Vanvoorstia bennettiana has only ever been collected from two sites (in the world). The ... 2001, have been undertaken at that site. No specimens have been discovered, and the only alga found there was a species of the genus Sargassum, that appears to tolerate low light, ...
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Discovery.com - Life on the Reef: Today from the Bahamas - Dispatch 12
The Andros reef is classified by the United Nations World Resources Institute as facing "medium" threat from human activities. But in places, the reef seems to be suffocating beneath the blue-green alga Lyngbya, the red macro-alga Spiridia filmentosa, and the abundant Microdictyon marinum. Most of the scientists in this month-long survey from mollusk ...
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Discovery.com - Life on the Reef: Today from the Bahamas - Dispatch 12
The Andros reef is classified by the United Nations World Resources Institute as facing "medium" threat from human activities. But in places, the reef seems to be suffocating beneath the blue-green alga Lyngbya, the red macro-alga Spiridia filmentosa, and the abundant Microdictyon marinum. Most of the scientists in this month-long survey from mollusk ...
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The EXPLOITS RIVER "Great Canadian Rivers"
Great Rattling Brook, Noel Paul's Brook, Bishop's Falls, Grand Falls and Red Indian Lake, providing spawning salmon with access to the lower, middle and upper sections of the Exploits. ... with a structure that resembles a miniature tree or shrub. It is composed of both an alga and a fungus. The alga produces chlorophyll, and the fungus is made up of spongy threads that keep the ...
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HBOI | Press Relations | Florida's 2,000-pound Canary - Red Tide Toll Increasing for Manatees...And Humans
One of the leading causes of fatalities was the toxins produced by "red tide" blooms of the alga Karenia brevis, which appear to be growing increasingly common in Florida. A ... to emergency rooms with respiratory problems such as bronchitis, or asthma flare ups, sharply increases during red tide blooms. "What's disturbing," says Bossart, "is that humans appear to respond to prolonged ...
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