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Shiro TSUYUZAKI
Plant community ecology / Environmental conservation

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

(Update on Nov. 30 2010)

Algae

Phycology (藻類学)

The scientific study of all aspects of alga

Alga are important to understand marine ecosystems, becasue they are producers in the ecosystems.

Algae (藻類)
Algae (pl. alga) (藻類)

Lower colored plants in water
Materials: phytoplantic and benthic algae

Aerobic algae, soil algae, thermal algae, crystal algae / Symbiotic algae, parasitic algae

Seaweed (海藻)

General name of benthic marine algae

Seagrass (海草)

General name of seed plants grown in marine, fully-saline environment, recorded from four families

Cymodoceaceae
Hydrocharitaceae
Posidoniaceae
Zosteraceae (Ex. Phyllospadix iwatensis)

Habitats:
  • Epilitic: living on rocks or stones
  • Epiphytic: living on plants
  • Epizoic: living on animals

Water bloom: abnormal mass breeding of plankton, Akashio: abnormal mass breeding of red algae)

References
  • Bold HC & Wynne MJ. 1985. Introduction to the algae: structure and reproduction (2nd edn). Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs
  • Chapman ARO. 1979. Biology of seaweeds. University Park Press, Baltimore. 千原光雄(訳). 1981. 海藻の生物学. 細胞・個体・個体群・群落. 共立科学ブックス, 共立出版, 東京 181 p.

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