Seaweed - Wikipedia
WEBSeaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of Rhodophyta (red), Phaeophyta (brown) and Chlorophyta (green) macroalgae.
Seaweed | Definition, Types, & Facts | Britannica
WEBAug 8, 2024 · Seaweed, any of the red, green, or brown marine algae that grows along seashores. Seaweeds are generally anchored to the sea bottom or other solid structures by rootlike ‘holdfasts,’ which perform the sole function of attachment and do not extract nutrients as do the roots of higher plants.
Buried kelp: Seaweed carried to the deep sea stores more carbon …
WEBMay 28, 2024 · Seaweed DNA has been detected in deep sea water and sediments in all of the world's oceans, as deep as 4 kilometers down and up to 5,000 km from the closest seaweed forest. But how can...
Buried kelp: seaweed carried to the deep sea stores ... - The …
WEBMay 27, 2024 · Seaweed DNA has been detected in deep sea water and sediments in all of the world’s oceans, as deep as 4 kilometres down and up to 5,000 km from the closest seaweed forest.
Carbon export from seaweed forests to deep ocean sinks
WEBMay 22, 2024 · Global transport of seaweed carbon to deep ocean sinks. We estimated the transport of detrital seaweed material from the coastal domain to beyond the shelf break (the 200 m isobath) across...
Global seaweed productivity | Science Advances - AAAS
WEBSep 14, 2022 · Here, using a compilation of in situ annual NPP measurements across >400 sites in 72 geographic ecoregions, we provide global predictions of the productivity of seaweed habitats, which form the largest vegetated coastal biome on the planet.
Sinking seaweed in the deep ocean for carbon neutrality is ahead …
WEBAug 12, 2022 · Sinking vast amounts of seaweed in the deep ocean is currently being proposed as a promising ocean carbon dioxide removal strategy as well as a natural-based solution to mitigate climate change.
Potential role of seaweeds in climate change mitigation
WEBAug 10, 2023 · There are four categories where seaweed has been suggested to be used for climate change mitigation: 1) protecting and restoring wild seaweed forests with potential climate change mitigation co-benefits; 2) expanding sustainable nearshore seaweed aquaculture with potential climate change mitigation co-benefits; 3) offsetting industrial CO 2 ...
What is seaweed? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
WEBJun 16, 2024 · Seaweed is the common name for countless species of marine plants and algae that grow in the ocean as well as in rivers, lakes, and other water bodies.
The Ecology and Physiology of Seaweeds: An Overview
WEBMar 29, 2022 · Seaweeds are a collective term used for benthic marine macroalgae that are generally visible to the naked eye. They occupy various ecological niches, including shallow and deep coral reefs, deep inter-reef areas, sandy bottoms, seagrass beds, mangroves roots, and rocky intertidal zones in all coastline areas of the world.