Algae
- Phycology (藻類学)
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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)
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Algae (pl. alga) (藻類)
Lower colored plants in water
Materials: phytoplantic and benthic algaeAerobic 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
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- 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.