-+Seaweed+Findings

Seaweed is another name for multicellular, benthic marine algea, commonly in red, brown, or a green color being used for food, indsutrial stuff, fertalizer, medicine etc. Now seaweed can belong to several groups of varities of algea, the red algea, the brown algea, and the green algea as i have mentioned before. Not all these are related and are in the same family, the seaweeds are a //**parapyhletic**// group. Some of the tuft-forming algea are also sometimes known as seaweed to. Seaweed believe it or not does have a structure the **Thallus** is the algal body, **Lamina** a leaf like flattened strucutre, **Sorus** is the spore cluster, **air bladders** float to assist the organ( on blade), **Kelp** helps float to assist organ( between the lamina and the stipe), **stipe** is a steam like structure that may be absent**, holdfast** is a specilaized basil structure providing attachment to a surface often a rock or another algal, Haptera a finger like extentions of making holdfast anchoring of the benthic substrate. Seaweed has two very specific dominante parts to live in one being the absoulute presence of sea water or brakish water and the second being the presence of the light to help drive photosynthesis, they need a firm point of something to attach on to as well. Seaweed is most commonly found on rocky shores than on the sand beaches or the shingle waters. As for food seaweed usually is the food for all creatures in and out of the ocean such as food for coastal people in Asia all over Japan, Thailand, Vietnam etc.. Seaweed is not very known around by people as far as what kinds there are what ones you can and can not eat. Which ones you can use for medicine. I hope this was informational enough that you learnned alot about the wonderous worlds of the SEAWEED!!!!!
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By Aubrie