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Kelp  

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Note

  • coordinate with specific organism if pertinent

Scope note

  • Large, robust forms of brown algae (PHAEOPHYCEAE) in the order Laminariales. They are a major component of the lower intertidal and sublittoral zones on rocky coasts in temperate and polar waters. Kelp, a kind of SEAWEED, usually refers to species in the genera LAMINARIA or MACROCYSTIS, but the term may also be used for species in FUCUS or Nereocystis.

History note

  • 2004; use SEAWEED 2000-2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D044423

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