Green Algae
Brilliant white when bleached in sun.
What is cactus algae?
Turns dark brown on beach.
What is pelagic sargassum?
Have bitter chemicals that discourage grazing by fish
What is iridescent-banded algae?
Where branching coralline algae grows?
What is shallow seagrass beds?
Looks Like broccoli floret , or shaving cream ?
Shaving brush algae
What type of leaves do attached sargassum have?
Long, smooth, brown, elongate, leathery leaves
Contains sugars and protein for buoyancy so strands remain upright in water?
Bubble-branchlets of red grapes
many red algae is farmed as seafood and are an important part of the…
Asian-food lovers diet
Where is the habitat of green algae?
Grows on nearshore reef out to 50 ft (15 m).
Where does brown algae live?
All live attached to hardbottom in shallow water
Mid-Atlantic Sargasso Sea is an ____ for pelagic sargassum
End-point
Where does most red algae grow?
Shallow water
what is sailors Eye (bubble algae) surface usually covered with?
Encrusting algae of other types
Is extremely abundant in certain areas of the Florida keys.
dictyota
Pelagic sargassum drifts on
Gulf and Atlantic currents
What does the photosynthetic pigment from the red algae absorb?
Blue light, allowing the plants to live at greater depths than green plants.
What is the family of the green fleece?
Codiaceae
What is the size of Iridescent-banded algae?
12 in (30 cm)
alien species of caulerpa from the tropics has invaded
The Mediterranean Sea
Colors may be yellowish or pale green.
Spiny seaweed