Fertilization triggers the assembly of a cell wall around the egg cell of three brown algae, Fucus vesiculosus, F. distichus, and F. inflatus. New polysaccharide polymers are continually being added ...

Bladderwrack is an edible brown seaweed that has been used as a natural medicine for centuries. It’s available dried, powdered, as a tea, or in supplement form. But it’s effectiveness is questionable.

Algae such as rockweeds are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, providing habitat and food to many other marine organisms while also providing ecosystem services like oxygenation of the water. In ...

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Those of us who can't pass by some bubble-wrap without popping at least a few bubbles are on good terms with seaweed this time of year. The tips of the seaweed fronds have swollen into balloon-like ...

Fucus vesiculosus, the bladderwrack, is a perennial plant and grows up to 30 centimetres long. It clings to rocks and other substrates with an adhesive plate. The bladderwrack gets its name from the ...

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