Of sea lettuces and green sea intestines: common intertidal green seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula

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dc.contributor.authorManeveldt, Gavin
dc.contributor.authorFrans, Rene
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-11T10:32:18Z
dc.date.available2014-02-11T10:32:18Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractMost of us know seaweed as that slippery stuff growing on the rocks or lying strewn along the beach at low tide making the beach smell. But do we really know much about them? Although not entirely true, seaweeds (or marine algae) are generally considered to be plants because they use solar energy to produce carbohydrate food from carbon dioxide and water (photosynthesis). They are simpler than land plants as they have no roots or shoots. Seaweeds absorb nutrients directly from the seawater; and therefore have no need for roots or complex conductive tissue. Some large seaweeds do however have root-like structures called holdfasts and leaf-like fronds that act like shoots. The photosynthetic pigments they possess reflect certain colours of light, producing what appear to be green, brown and red seaweeds, and thus they are divided into three main groups: green brown and red. In this article we examine some of the green seaweeds that occur in the Cape Peninsula.en_US
dc.identifier.citationManeveldt, G.W. & Frans, R. (2000). Of sea lettuces and green sea intestines: common intertidal green seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula. Veld & Flora, 86(3): 124-125en_US
dc.identifier.issn0042-3203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1000
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherBotanical Society of South Africaen_US
dc.rightsCopyright Botanical Society of South Africa. Permission has been given to reproduce this file in the Repository.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedfalse
dc.subjectCape Peninsulaen_US
dc.subjectComplex conductive tissueen_US
dc.subjectGreen seaweedsen_US
dc.subjectPhotosynthesisen_US
dc.subjectRoot-like structuresen_US
dc.titleOf sea lettuces and green sea intestines: common intertidal green seaweeds of the Cape Peninsulaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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