MARINE PLANTS and ALGAE
Various studies have shown that seaweeds have developed a variety of strategies to minimize the damages inflicted by herbivores like sea urchins and other grazers. These methods includ chemical and structural/morphologic defenses, or occurrence in association with other unpalatable organisms.
![Bristle Ball Brush- Green Algae](picture_library/plants/bristlebrush_2321.jpg)
Bristle Ball Brush
![Blistered Saucer Leaf - Brown Algae](picture_library/plants/blister-leaf-algae_4781.jpg)
Blistered Saucer Leaf
![Feather Alga - Green Algae](picture_library/plants/feather-algae_4558.jpg)
Feather Alga
![Green Grape Alga - Green Algae](picture_library/plants/sea_grape_3150.jpg)
Green Grape Alga
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![Large Leaf Watercress Alga - Green Algae](picture_library/plants/stalked-lettuce-leaf_4554.jpg)
Large Leaf Watercress
(photos)
![White Scroll Alga - Brown Algae](picture_library/plants/white-scroll-algae_IMG_3308.jpg)
White Scroll Alga
(photos)
![Tubulat Thicket Algae - Red Algae](picture_library/plants/tubular-thicket-alga_8570.jpg)
Tubular Thicket Algae
![Y Branched Algae - Brown Algae](picture_library/plants/YbranchA_1205.jpg)
Y Branched Algae
![Pink Segmented Alga - Red Algae](picture_library/plants/ybranch_4439.jpg)
Pink Segmented
(photos)
![Three Finger Leaf - Green Algae](picture_library/plants/stackedleaf-algae_4950.jpg)
Three Finger Leaf
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![Green Jointed-Stalk Alga](picture_library/plants/green-jointed-stalk-alga_4948.jpg)
Jointed-Stalk Alga
(photos)
![Flat-Top Bristle Brush - Green Algae](picture_library/plants/flatbrush-algae_4551.jpg)
Flat-Top Bristle Brush
![Sargassum Algae](picture_library/plants/sargassum_A_5264.jpg)
Sargassum Algae
![Watercress - Green Algae](picture_library/plants/watercress_2177.jpg)
Watercress
![Reef Cement](picture_library/plants/reef-cement_4894.jpg)
Reef Cement
![Fuzzy Tip Alga](picture_library/plants/fuzzy-tip-alga_0083.jpg)
Fuzzy Tip Alga
![Mermaid's Teacup](picture_library/plants/mermaid-teacup_5896.jpg)
Mermaid's Teacup
![Unknown](picture_library/plants/unknown_1322.jpg)
Asparagopsis
![Hanging Vine-Green Algae](picture_library/plants/hanging-vine_7339.jpg)
Hanging Vine
![](picture_library/plants/sea-lettuce-alga_5715.jpg)
Sea Lettuce Alga
![Encrusting Fan Leaf Alga](picture_library/plants/encrusting-fan-leaf-alga_7538.jpg)
Encrusting Fan Leaf Alga
![Bryopsis Plumosa Green Algae](picture_library/plants/bryopsis-plumosa_9116.jpg)
Bryopsis Plumosa Hen Pen
![Mermaid's Wine Glass Algae Acetabularia calyculus](picture_library/plants/mermaids-wine-glass_P9121823.jpg)
Mermaid's Wine Glass Alga
![Valonia utricularis](picture_library/plants/creeping-bubble-alga_4583.jpg)
Creeping Bubble Alga
![Mid-Rib Sea Grass - Halophila stipulacea INVASIVE](picture_library/plants/midrib-sea-grass-P2005845.jpg)
Mid-Rib Sea Grass
INVASIVE
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