Utilization of the Sargassum habitat by marine invertebrates and vertebrates : a review / L. Coston-Clements [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coston-Clements, Linda

Contributor:

Southeast Fisheries Center (U.S.). Beaufort Laboratory

Series:

NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SEFSC ; 296.

NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SEFSC ; 296

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sargassum.

Marine invertebrates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (32 pages) : map.

Place of Publication:

Beaufort, NC : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Beaufort Laboratory, [1991]

Summary:

"Numerous species of brown algae (Class Cyclosporeae: Order Fucales: Family Fucaceae) of the genus Sargassum occur throughout the world's tropical and temperate oceans. The pelagic complex in the western North Atlantic is comprised primarily of Sargassum natans and S. jluitans. Both species are hyponeustonic and fully adapted to a pelagic existence (Parr, 1939). Known commonly as gulf-weed, sea holly, or sargassum, they are characterized by a brushy, highly branched thallus (stem) with numerous leaf-like blades and berry-like pneumatocysts (floats). These floating plants may be up to several meters in length but are typically much smaller. See Hoyt (1918), Winge (1923), Parr (1939), Taylor (1960), Prescott (1968), and Humm (1979) for detailed descriptions of the various species"--Introduction, paragraph 1

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-21).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Other Format:

Print version: Utilization of the Sargassum habitat by marine invertebrates and vertebrates

OCLC:

729862993

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