A green alga, #Caulerpa chemnitzia var. laetevirens, from Kagoshima, Japan.

The characteristic ecophysiology of this #alga is reported at:
doi.org/10.1111/pre....
Terada et al. 2024

Caulerpa taxifolia. El alga invasora que transformó el mediterráneo.

Hoy tenemos un short nuevo en el canal de #YouTube 🎬 el cual trata sobre la 𝐶𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑎, el alga que amenaza el ecosistema mediterráneo.

#caulerpa #caulerpataxifolia #naturaleza #ecología #divulgación #especiesinvasoras #biología #botánica #ciencia #science #biology #botany #algas #exóticas

Congratulations #ChloeRenn for publishing undergraduate research on invasive #Caulerpa algae in Sydney seagrass🌱🇦🇺. Thanks #PaulGribben, #ZiggyMarzinelli, #KatieDafforn, @unswbees.bsky.social for hosting Chloe's #international placement. 🌍 @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#invasivespecies
#seaweed

Controlling the #Caulerpa in #SanDiegoBay
is getting expensive
"Over $900,000 has been committed to cover the costs of searching for the plant and eradicating it from the bay.... with an additional $2.2 million in funding pending from state and federal sources."

Port of San Diego declares emergency after more invasive seaweed found in bay The algae species Caulerpa prolifera can choke out native seaweeds and put marine life at risk.

🦑 #Marinescience
#seaweed #invasivespecies

More coverage of the #Caulerpa infestation in
#SanDiego Bay. The cost of removal is growing... Likely to grow past the million-dollar mark

Screenshot from a post on Twitter. It shows the algae Caulerpa prolifera growing in a dish. The caption is "Fascinating talk by Elliot Meyerowitz at #WeigelFest2021. Talking about the unicellular plant Caulerpa prolifera. How can a plant that is a single(!) cell develop different organs, such as rhizoids and leaf-like fronds?"

I was fascinated by Elliot Meyerowitz' talk on #Caulerpa at #WeigelFest2021. I see that the group has now published a first paper on this unicellular(!) alga. Still impressed by all these structures that a single(!) cell can produce.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#PlantScience #PlantDevelopment