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Classification of Algae with Special Reference to Seaweed

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Title Classification of Algae with Special Reference to Seaweed
 
Creator Jayasankar, Reeta
 
Subject Seaweed
Algae
Fish Taxonomy
 
Description Algae are photosynthetic organisms that occur in most habitats, ranging from marine,
brackish water, freshwater to desert sands and from hot boiling springs to snow and in polar
ice. They vary from small, single-celled to complex multicellular forms, The microscopic
algae are called as phytoplankton whereas large benthic algae are called as macro algae. Some
of the algae like giant kelps of the eastern Pacific that grow to more than 60 meters in length
and form dense marine forests. Algae are found in the fossil record dating back to
approximately 3 billion years in the Precambrian.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15728/1/Winter%20School%20on%20Recent%20Development%20in%20Taxonomic%20Techniques%20of%20Marine%20Fishes%20for%20Conservation%20and%20Sustainable%20Fisheries%20Management_2022_Reeta%20Jayasankar.pdf
Jayasankar, Reeta (2022) Classification of Algae with Special Reference to Seaweed. In: ICAR-CMFRI -Winter School on Recent Development in Taxonomic Techniques of Marine Fishes for Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries Management. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 521-526.