Biology:Sargassum horneri
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Fucales |
| Family: | Sargassaceae |
| Genus: | Sargassum |
| Species: | S. horneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sargassum horneri (Turner) C.Agardh
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Sargassum horneri is a species of brown macroalgae that is common along the coast of Japan and Korea. It is an annual algae which has a varying fertile season along the coast. In Wakasa Bay it began to grow in early autumn through winter, becoming matured in Spring, when the sea water temperature was 11.6–15.2 °C (53–59 °F) in average.[1] Also called "devil weed", this species has invaded the Eastern Pacific, beginning in Baja California and advancing north along the California coastline.[2]
In its natural ecosystem, Sargassum horneri grows attached to a hard substrate and blooms into a kelp forest which encourages and maintains local biodiversity. However, this species of macroalgae is the major component of the northwest Pacific golden tide, a biomass of Sargassum horneri that drifts up the eastern coast of China towards Korea as an invasive species and is detrimental to the coastal ecosystem there.[3]
References
- ↑ Umezaki, Isamu (1984). "Ecological Studies of Sargassum horneri (TURNER) C. AGARDH in Obama Bay, Japan Sea". Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 50 (7): 1193–1200. doi:10.2331/suisan.50.1193. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/suisan1932/50/7/50_7_1193/_article.
- ↑ Ritchie, Erika I (2020-09-08). "An Orange County marine biologist wants to weed the ocean to help kelp grow" (in en-US). https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/08/an-orange-county-marine-biologist-wants-to-weed-the-ocean-to-help-kelp-grow.
- ↑ Byeon, Seo Yeon; Oh, Hyun-Ju; Kim, Sangil; Yun, Suk Hyun; Kang, Ji Hyoun; Park, Sang Rul; Lee, Hyuk Je (2019-05-23). "The origin and population genetic structure of the 'golden tide' seaweeds, Sargassum horneri , in Korean waters" (in en). Scientific Reports 9 (1): 7757. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-44170-x. ISSN 2045-2322. PMID 31123297. Bibcode: 2019NatSR...9.7757B.
- Marks, L. (27 August 2015). "Sargassum horneri information sheet". http://www.eeb.ucsc.edu/pacificrockyintertidal/data-products/invasive-species/Sargassum%20horneri%20Information%20Sheet_8.27.15.pdf.
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