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Of sea bamboo, split fan kelp and bladder kelp: three common kelp species of the Cape Peninsula and West Coast
(Botanical Society of South Africa, 2001)
The third part in our series on the common intertidal seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula looks at the kelps, the giant brown seaweeds that occur in the subtidal and intertidal gullies of the Cape Peninsula and the west coast. ...
Of dead man's fingers, cord weed and hanging wrack: common brown seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula
(Botanical Society of South Africa, 2000)
In this, the second in the series on common intertidal seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula, we look at the brown seaweeds common to our rocky shores, with the exception of kelp, which will be covered in the next issue of Veld ...
Of purple laver, tongue weed and hedgehog seaweed: common red seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula
(Botanical Society of South Africa, 2001)
The fourth part of our series on the common intertidal seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula looks at the red seaweeds, which form by far the largest group of seaweeds on the Peninsula and dominate the mid to lower intertidal ...
Of dinner plate, cochlear and pacman corallines: seven common intertidal encrusting red seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula
(Botanical Society of South Africa, 2001)
In the fifth and final part of this series of articles on common intertidal seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula, we look at encrusting coralline algae. These encrusting coralline and red seaweeds are widespread in shallow waters ...
Of sea lettuces and green sea intestines: common intertidal green seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula
(Botanical Society of South Africa, 2000)
Most 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 ...