#SeaWeed

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎ Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding.

Place of origin: Great Britain

Date: mid-19th century

[jadafitch]

Atlantic puffin chasing a rock gunnel through rockweed. STICKERS & STUFF

[murphysletsdraw]

Chicane - Saltwater (gouache) Image description: a gouache painting of a tangle of seaweed on a sandy, rocky beach. Sunlight shines through some of the plants and reflect off of the still wet leaves. End ID

This will be my next postcard design for my postcard club on patreon!!! Check the link in my pinned post if you'd like to join!!

[dorywhynot]

"The Atlantic Is An Eldritch God"

Watercolor, 16x20". 2025

For "Nautical Horizons," a group show by Poetic Tiger Gallery

Available

[prinnay]

Shelter

[strathshepard]

via solpng

[svndvn]

wandering underwater, hoping to find some magical items.. 

[vangoghcore]

by mermaid_danii

[kororobus]

I don’t know how many drawings I’ll be able to make, but at least I’ll take part (●'◡'●)

[anonbeadraws]

today's warm up: Waves

[freddieardley]

Textures at Low Tide. Devon, UK

Photographed by Freddie Ardley - instagram

[reasonsforhope]

"Any good gardener knows what a good de-weeding can do for a vegetable garden. As it turns out, it’s much the same for coral reefs.

Following a volunteer “sea-weeding” program launched in Australia, scientists are witnessing compounding coral recovery both in quantity and diversity, and suggest that this simple method has the power to transform degraded reefs overrun by macroalgae.

In a balanced ecosystem, macroalgae is kept in check by the size and health of corals, but as extreme weather events or coral bleaching causes some sections of reef to die, macroalgae has no other neighbor keeping a check on its spread.

Over a period of three years, the joint Earthwatch Institute program led by James Cook University Senior Research Officer Hillary Smith and Professor David Bourne, also at JCU and the Australian Institute of Marine Science, has organized volunteer citizen scientists to help remove macroalgae at two experimental reef sites.

The results of the first three years of work and study have now been published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, and they show a 600% increase in coral recovery rates.

“It’s just like weeding your garden,” Smith said. “Every time we return, the seaweed is growing back less and less, so this method could provide lasting benefit without requiring endless effort.” ...

The importance of the study, Smith details, is that a lot of reef recovery efforts globally are powered by expensive, high-tech, and experimental solutions. The study hoped to show that manual de-weeding was just as effective, and thereby encourage organizations or nations that lack the tech or funding of a country like Australia to pursue sea-weeding as a way of protecting their corals.

“We have yet to see a plateau in coral growth within these plots at Magnetic Island, which is characterized as one of the degraded reefs on the Great Barrier Reef,” Smith said. “We also found an increase in coral diversity, so this method is benefitting a wide range of different coral types.”

Smith said her team are now scoping other locations where the sea-weeding technique could be useful, including the Whitsunday Islands, which are home to a different species of predominant seaweed.

They also want to employ them in French Polynesia, Indonesia, and even Singapore, where experts have identified out-of-control macroalgae spread along coral reefs."

-via Good News Network, September 19, 2023

[stimpry]

guess which ones the freak and which ones the moirail (hint its both)

[vestaignis]

Африканский морской лес назван одним из 7 чудес света.

Агентство Bloomberg опубликовало свой список новых семи чудес света,  в котором особо отмечены леса водорослей, известные также как Великий африканский морской лес.

Леса водорослей расположены всего в 16 км от Кейптауна, Южная Африка, это разнообразная и удивительная экосистема.Он состоит из келпа, особого вида бурых морских водорослей, которые вырастают до очень больших размеров. Они растут на дне океана и могут достигать в длину 46 метров. Эти водоросли хорошо растут на мелководье в чистой воде при низких температурах.

По мере роста водоросли формируются в то, что мы называем лесом. Африканский морской лес выполняет ту же функцию, что и их калифорнийский аналог, предоставляя пищу и убежище для множества морских обитателей, от промысловых видов, таких как омары, раки и морские ушки, до крупных хищников, таких как капский морской котик. Возможно, самым захватывающим аспектом Большого африканского морского леса является разнообразие видов акул, которые называют эти псевдодревесные среды домом.Этот лес являются домом для ряда редко встречающихся видов акул, включая харизматичную пижамную кошачью акулу и пугливую пятнистую овражную акулу. Между африканскими морскими лесами находятся потрясающие рифы с оврагами и протоками. 

African Sea Forest Named One of the 7 Wonders of the World.

Bloomberg has released its list of the New Seven Wonders of the World, and the kelp forests, also known as the Great African Sea Forest, are a special mention.

Located just 10 miles from Cape Town, South Africa, the kelp forests are a diverse and fascinating ecosystem. They are made up of kelp, a type of brown seaweed that grows to very large sizes. They grow on the ocean floor and can reach lengths of up to 150 feet. These seaweeds thrive in shallow, clear waters at low temperatures.

As the seaweeds grow, they form what we call a forest. The African Sea Forest serves a similar function to its Californian counterpart, providing food and shelter for a variety of marine life, from game species like lobsters, crayfish, and abalone to large predators like the Cape fur seal. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the Great African Sea Forest is the diversity of shark species that call these pseudo-arboreal environments home. The forest is home to a number of rarely seen shark species, including the charismatic pyjama catshark and the shy spotted gully shark. Between the African Sea Forests are stunning reefs with gullies and channels.

Источник://www.getyourguide.ru/keiptaun-l103/keiptaun-snorkling-s-gidom-v-bol-shom-afrikanskom-morskom-lesu-t433018/, /www. epochtimes.ru/afrikanskij-morskoj-les-nazvan-odnim-iz-7-chudes-sveta-99111276/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2F www.google. com %2F, //apexpredators.com/ru/kelp-forest-dive/, /klau.club/23406-les-vodoroslej.html, //www.myguidecapetown.com/ru/Опыт/Кейптаун-снорклинг-с-гидом-в-Большом-африканском-морском-лесу.

[fairytaleprincessart]

[sturgeonposting]

crab, thresher shark (requested by @deepfriedsharkbites), seaweed, sturgeon, seagull

these are my first ever pixel animations (sturgeon was #1 obviously)

give me more guys to create