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Chapter 6 Producers: Seaweeds and Plants

The Domains of Life

Kingdom Protista Seaweeds (algae)

Kingdom Plantae Plants

Kingdom Protista Seaweeds (algae)

Algal (macrophyte) structure

Marine algae in an Oregon Intertidal Zone

Phylum Chlorophyta Green Algae

Green Algae
Chaetomorpha

Bryopsis

Green Algae
Ulva

Enteromorpha

Green Algae
Halimeda

a calcareous reef building alga

Phylum Heterokontophyta: Class Phaeophyta Brown Algae

Brown Algae
Leathesia

Scytosiphon

Brown Algae
Egregia

Laminaria

Brown Algae
Postelsia

Brown Algae
Macrocystis -- Kelp

Brown Algae
Macrocystis -- Kelp

Class Rhodophyta Red Algae

Red Algae
Calliarthron Melobesia

Red Algae
Corallina

Palmaria

Red Algae
Microcladia

Entocladia

Red Algae
Mazzaella

Mastocarpus

Algae as a Human Resource

Phycocolloids
Algin (brown algae)

Carrageenan (red algae)

Phycocolloids Agar (red algae)

Class Rhodophyta Red Algae

Porphyra

Algae products and harvest

Edible Algae
Evelyn McConnaughey

OIMB

Kingdom Plantae Plants

Phylum Anthophyta
Flowering Plants Angiosperms
Mangrove flowers

Seagrass flower

Seagrass bed

Sea grass bed at lower edge of the intertidal zone

Seagrasses

roots and rhizomes

Common Seagrass genera

Seagrass genera in Califronia waters

2 species

3 species

Zostera

Phyllospadix

Seagrasses are flowering plants


Reproductive plants

flower

Fruit with seeds

Salt Marsh

Medcalfe Marsh, near Charleston, Oregon

Salt marsh mudflat system


Salt marsh

mudflat

Salt Marsh plants


Salicornia
(pickleweed)

Salt Marsh plants


Spartina
(cordgrass)

Mangrove

Mangrove seedling

Salt Marshes and Mangroves

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