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Sargassum natans

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Sargassum natans is a species of Sargassum.[1]

In English the species goes by the common names common gulfweed, narrowleaf gulfweed, or spiny gulfweed.[2]: 126 

It occurs in the Sargasso Sea.: 123  It is also pelagic[3] and reproduces by fragmentation.[4]: 65  It along with Sargassum fluitans have been credited with plaguing the Yucatan beach tourism industry.[5] and South Florida.[6]

References

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sargassum natans (Linnaeus) Gaillon, 1828". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  2. ^ Pereira, Leonel (2016-01-08). Edible Seaweeds of the World. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4987-3050-1.
  3. ^ Coulombe, Deborah A. (1990-02-14). Seaside Naturalist. Simon and Schuster. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-671-76503-3.
  4. ^ Fleurence, Joël; Levine, Ira (2016-04-05). Seaweed in Health and Disease Prevention. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-802793-6.
  5. ^ "El sargazo: La macroalga desatada que amenaza al Caribe mexicano".
  6. ^ "Sargassum Seaweed in South Florida". 31 August 2018.
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Sargassum natans: Brief Summary

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Sargassum natans is a species of Sargassum.

In English the species goes by the common names common gulfweed, narrowleaf gulfweed, or spiny gulfweed.: 126 

It occurs in the Sargasso Sea.: 123  It is also pelagic and reproduces by fragmentation.: 65  It along with Sargassum fluitans have been credited with plaguing the Yucatan beach tourism industry. and South Florida.

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