Algae - Life on Australian Seashores

Algae - Life on Australian Seashores
by Keith Davey (C) 2000
Learning Consultant - Media
The University of Newcastle

What is Seaweed?
Most of the plants that live on the intertidal rocky shore, or under the water along our seashores, are algae. Most people call these algae plants seaweed, or kelp.

There are a few underwater-living flowering plants, called seagrasses. They usually live in saltwater estuaries. Some also live along our ocean shores. Like land plants, these flowering plants have a root system to take up nutrients. They absorb sunlight through their leaves and have small flowers for reproduction. Algae are quite different.

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