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Seaweed
Seaweed is a variety of marine algae. It is a common food source for both marine animals and humans. Seaweed is a very efficient water filter.
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Why does seaweed have a high iodine content?
because of the natural oils and brown rice that is with seaweed that you eat and the make up of the sea weed (natural) is organic to the body and is abundant in iodine
This is because they need the salt from the sea and if they give out the salt they have the will become deficient of it.
Of course. It is very nutritious and scientists have been doing research which suggests bull kelp maintains a healthy digestive system by supporting the lining of your intestines. Bull kelp is rich in anti-oxidants and is a great substitute to breast milk for children.
Seaweeds belong to three kingdoms:
Kingdom Plantae (chlorophyte, or "green" algae seaweeds),
Kingdom Plantae (rhodophyte, or "red" algae seaweeds),
Kingdom Chromista (phaeophyte, or "brown" algae seaweeds)
Kingdom Chromista (xanthophyte, or "yellow-green" algae seaweeds), and
Kingdom Bacteria (cyanophyte, or "blue-green" algae seaweeds).
Seaweeds that belong to the Kingdom Plantae are plants; the others, strictly speaking, are not. Kombu (kelp), arame (kelp), limu moui (kelp), hijiki, mozuku, and wakame are not plants. Wikipedia places them under Kingdom Chromalveolata because they are classified as "brown" algae seaweeds. However, nori (laver), ogo (limu), and dulse are classified as "red" algae seaweeds and are placed under Kingdom Plantae.
Kingdom Protista, which includes the chlorophyll-containing, self-propelling euglenozoa, is a fourth kingdom of algae which contains no species of seaweeds.
Thomas Cavalier-Smith defined Kingdom Chromista in 1981 and redefined it as Kingdom Chromalveolata in 2005. However, in 2008, other biologists have proposed splitting Kingdom Chromalveolata into at least two smaller kingdoms and this newer version has gained increasing support.
The cancer-preventing marine polysaccharide, fucoidan, and the weight loss causing marine carotenoid, fucoxanthin, are both always plentiful in "brown" algae seaweeds, including kombu, arame, limu moui, hijiki, mozuku, and wakame. "Yellow-green" algae seaweeds, which are never sold commercially, do not contain much fucoidan or fucoxanthin, even though they are still classified as members of Kingdom Chromalveolata together with the "brown" algae seaweeds.
Where are kelp forests mostly located?
in temperate and polar coastal oceans Kelp forests are usually in cold environment underwater. Kelp grows about Alaska, California Bajas, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Eastern Australia, New Zealand, etc..
They all need different kinds of foods or 'supplies' to keep themselves a live. -Reavis
Why do fisherman harvest kelp?
- Yes, a fisherman should worry about kelp. If commercial fishing nets can get tangled in the kelp and if a sports fisherman lines can be caught in the kelp which help a fish escape once hooked.
Kelp helps provide cover for fish, both large and small. Small fish, or bait, hide out in the kelp stringers to hide from larger fish. Larger fish hang out in the kelp to hide from larger predators like seals, and to find bait fish to eat. Kelp can be seen or hidden in the water column due to the flow of the tide.
If the current runs in the right direction, the kelp stingers lie out and you can through bait or artificial lures between the stringers. It is fairly easy to pull fish out of the kelp using a 'kelp cutter' rig. This consists of using heavy braided line, such as Spectra, and a short 'topshot' (short 5-6') of fluorocarbon or monofilament line. The braid will cut through the kelp as you pull on it freezing the fish from the stringers.
kelp usually lives somewhere in the ocean, not on the shoreline. It can be found on the bottom of the ocean, and other organisms (animals) eat it. It is green and slimy.
ADDED: Not at the bottom of the ocean. It lives in shallow water, fairly close to shore. It's also usually brown, not green.
What animal eats seaweed in the ocean?
many do. the sea otter ties itself up with seaweed to prevent itself from drifting away on the tide while sleeping. the seaweed dragon hides amongst the seaweed, looking so much like the seaweed that predators cannot see it. there are many more creatures that use seaweed, but im not sur eof them right now.
How does seaweed maintain a stationary position?
Some aquatic plants, like water hyacinth, have swollen petioles that act as floats. Many form floating mats which block water ways and are serious weeds e.g. Salvinia and alligator weed.
What else is a producer besides seaweed?
well seaweed for sure but i will have to say.................... kelp yes kelp is also a producer
Seaweed is biotic. It is biotic because it is a plant and plants are living things. Seaweed is a multicellular benthic marine algae.
Sargassum seaweed is a type of seaweed found along the coasts of Japan and China. Two species, Sargassum fusiforme and Sargassum pallidum, are both referred to as sargassum seaweed or gulfweed in English and hai zao in Chinese.
What are adaptations of Giant kelp?
All organisms have all kinds of adaptations. If giant kelp have chloropasts, then giant kelp can receive its energy and nutrients from sunlight. This photosynthesis helps the kelp survive. Another adaptation of giant kelp could be having a holdfast, which keeps it anchored to the seafloor, preventing the kelp from drifting away from kelp forests.
Does seaweed have a flower on it?
It is unlikely, considering I have never seen seaweed with a flower on it, but it does have a seed, which is the little round thing at the top, and it's fun to pop them when they are dried out :~{ () <<<<< Mustache man says Hi !!
No. All dolphin species are carnivorous. The killer whale, the largest dolphin, eats fish, seals, and young whales. Smaller dolphins exist mainly on fish or squid. No dolphins feed on plant life.
Depending on your state, most area Asian Cuisine Stores or Markets have this product.
Also you can look on the net there are sometimes Bulk Food stores and Warehouses that do carry this product as well. For seasonings section and such.
Sometimes even your health food stores will carry it as well.
So if you don't have an Asian market where you are at try the Health Food Stores. Not like GNC an actual market or store that also carries organic foods and vitamins and things like that.. a larger one then GNC or that.
If you don't have either in your state that you live in. You will have to hope you can find it on line to order within the United States. I would not order it out of state because of customs and the possibility of not getting it because customs kept your package for whatever weird reasons. I know I ordered a CD and took 6 months to get it!
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No, but they DO have a holdfast. Seaweed
is algae. Different from terrestrial plants, algae doesn't need a root system to absorb water and nutrients. In the absence of a root system, which provides a fixing point for plants, algae have "holdfasts." Holdfasts anchor seaweed to the sea floor.
Seaweed is a producer because it makes it's own food and doesn't eat other animals.
What products contain seaweed?
this is what the pruduct is gue slime plastic gum with green paste AND SLAD
What order does seaweed belong to?
phaeophyta (brown algae)
The largest brown algae may reach over 30 meters in length.
Phaeophytes, have traditionally been classified as plants. However, phaeophytes are not closely related to land plants; their cells contain different pigments, such as chlorophyll c and fucoxanthin. They also lack the plasmodesmata and starch production of land plants and their relatives.
Where is seaweed found in the freshwater biome?
Look up Susswassertang on wikipedia. Freshwater plant whose name means freshwater seaweed.
Yes, I live on a lake and we have A TON of seaweed
Are kelp seaweed algae and pond scum all the same thing?
No. Seaweed is actually good for a pond, but pond scum (most of the time) isn't
What sea creatures blend with seaweed?
In a way they do, however much unalike the two species are in terms of what they eat, size difference, color and others, they both have long faces and a large neck other than that there are not many other similarity's.
