Vocabulary Term Details

Seaweed

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaweed)

Seaweed is a loose colloquial term encompassing macroscopic, multicellular, benthic marine algae. The term includes some members of the red, brown and green algae. Seaweeds can also be classified by use (as food, medicine, fertilizer, industrial, etc.). As with other algae, seaweed are not plants. (Wikipedia)

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Broader Terms	Narrower Terms	Related Terms
Algae	N/A	Fishery products Plant products

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Approved Date
17-Dec-2013

Items having a keyword or observed-property relationship to this subject term

A field guide to the British seaweeds : as required for assistance in the classification of water bodies under the Water Framework Directive
Bioccumulation of halogenated compounds by limpets and fucoid seaweeds in the vicinity by the Black Rock sewage outfall, Weston-Super-Mare
Investigation into the effect of sewage disinfection on the bioaccumulation of chloroform, bromoform, dibromochloromethane and dichlorobromomethane by fucoid seaweeds
Radiation Experiments on Aquatic Organisms

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Vocabulary Term Details

Seaweed

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