Beachcombers Field Guide - Department Of Fisheries Western ...
Beachcombers Field Guide - Department Of Fisheries Western ... Beachcombers Field Guide - Department Of Fisheries Western ...
Kelp is a common brown alga that predominantly grows on limestone reefs and other hard surfaces. It can also form large beds that become home to numerous invertebrates and is an important food source for sea urchins, buffalo bream and other animals. Often washed ashore after rough seas, it also forms a large component of sea wrack. Kelp and other brown algae contain a gelatinous substance called algin that is widely used as a thickening or stabilising agent in products such as ice cream, salad dressing, pet food and toothpaste. Kelp
Found throughout Australian waters, Sargassum grows on subtidal reefs and in rock pools. Sargassum has a distinctive stem-like structure with leaf-like branches and can generally be identifi ed by the small bubble-like fl oats. However, due to an annual growth cycle, reproduction and decay, they won’t always have all these identifying features as they often die off around summer. Sargassum is a Spanish term for ‘fl oating seaweed’ – as the small bubble-like fl oats allow this seaweed to be suspended in the water column. Sargassum
- Page 31 and 32: Photo: Sandy Clarke Baler shell
- Page 33 and 34: Limpet Photo: Michelle Dyer
- Page 35 and 36: Abalone Photo: Michelle Dyer
- Page 37 and 38: Sea hare Photo: Sandy Clarke
- Page 39 and 40: Photo: Sandy Clarke Cowry shell
- Page 41 and 42: Photo: Michelle Dyer Periwinkle
- Page 43 and 44: Photo: Michelle Dyer Cuttlebone
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- Page 47 and 48: Chiton
- Page 49 and 50: Mussel
- Page 51 and 52: Scallop
- Page 53 and 54: Pipi
- Page 55 and 56: Razor clam
- Page 57 and 58: Sea jelly
- Page 59 and 60: Bluebottle
- Page 61 and 62: Coral
- Page 63 and 64: Acorn barnacle
- Page 65 and 66: Goose barnacle
- Page 67 and 68: Crab
- Page 69 and 70: Tube worm
- Page 71 and 72: Sea urchin
- Page 73 and 74: Sea star
- Page 75 and 76: The piles of algae and seagrasses f
- Page 77 and 78: Green algae are characteristically
- Page 79 and 80: Found throughout southern Australia
- Page 81: Brown algae contain most of the lar
- Page 85 and 86: Red algae are the most numerous of
- Page 87 and 88: Common on rocky reefs, this red alg
- Page 89 and 90: Seagrasses are marine fl owering pl
- Page 91 and 92: Strapweed or Posidonia is the only
- Page 93 and 94: Along with strapweed, wireweed is o
- Page 95 and 96: This sausage jelly (as they are som
- Page 97 and 98: The catshark is a nocturnal shark,
- Page 99 and 100: The bobtail or bluetongue lizard is
- Page 101 and 102: Beaches provide an important haul-o
Kelp is a common brown<br />
alga that predominantly grows on<br />
limestone reefs and other hard surfaces.<br />
It can also form large beds that become<br />
home to numerous invertebrates and is<br />
an important food source for sea urchins,<br />
buffalo bream and other animals. <strong>Of</strong>ten<br />
washed ashore after rough seas, it also<br />
forms a large component of sea wrack. Kelp<br />
and other brown algae contain a gelatinous<br />
substance called algin that is widely used<br />
as a thickening or stabilising agent in<br />
products such as ice cream, salad<br />
dressing, pet food and<br />
toothpaste.<br />
Kelp
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