Producers Seaweeds and Plants The Domains of Life

– Producers: Seaweeds and Plants

The Domains of Life

Kingdom Protista – Seaweeds (algae)

Kingdom Plantae – Plants

Kingdom Protista – Seaweeds (algae)

Algal (macrophyte) structure

Marine algae in an Oregon Intertidal Zone

Phylum Chlorophyta – Green Algae

Green Algae Chaetomorpha Bryopsis

Green Algae Ulva Enteromorpha

Green Algae Halimeda …a calcareous reef building alga

Phylum Heterokontophyta: Class Phaeophyta – Brown Algae

Brown Algae Leathesia Scytosiphon

Brown Algae Egregia Laminaria

Brown Algae Postelsia

Brown Algae Macrocystis -- Kelp

Brown Algae Macrocystis -- Kelp

Class Rhodophyta – Red Algae

Red Algae Calliarthron Melobesia

Red Algae Corallina Palmaria

Red Algae Microcladia Entocladia

Red Algae Mazzaella Mastocarpus

Algae as a Human Resource

Phycocolloids Algin (brown algae) Carrageenan (red algae)

Phycocolloids Agar (red algae)

Class Rhodophyta – Red Algae Porphyra

Algae products and harvest

Edible Algae Evelyn Mc. Connaughey OIMB

Kingdom Plantae – Plants

Phylum Anthophyta Flowering Plants Angiosperms Mangrove flowers Seagrass flower

Seagrass bed

Sea grass bed at lower edge of the intertidal zone

Seagrasses roots and rhizomes

Common Seagrass genera

Seagrass genera in Califronia waters 2 species 3 species

Zostera

Phyllospadix

Seagrasses are flowering plants Reproductive plants flower Fruit with seeds

Salt Marsh Medcalfe Marsh, near Charleston, Oregon

Salt marsh – mudflat system Salt marsh mudflat

Salt Marsh plants Salicornia (pickleweed)

Salt Marsh plants Spartina (cordgrass)

Mangrove

Mangrove seedling

Salt Marshes and Mangroves