Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Fucaceae — thebrown alga .
Etymologies
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Examples
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See also "Fucus," in this volume, for method of preparing barilla and soda from sea-weeds.
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That's salt marsh, so not much Fucus but many horseshoe crabs.
"...I heard the earth inhale, moments before..." greygirlbeast 2010
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That's salt marsh, so not much Fucus but many horseshoe crabs.
"...I heard the earth inhale, moments before..." greygirlbeast 2010
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Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed also known as bladderwrack, gets a " C " grade as a diet aid from Natural Standard Research Collaboration, a Cambridge, Mass., scientist-owned group that evaluates natural therapies .
Do Patches Help Weight Loss? Laura Johannes 2010
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Fucus Vesiculosus, or bladderwrack is a seaweed rich in iodine, which, if used in safe quantities, can prevent under-active thyroid in the same way iodized salt does.
The Pink Patch - Irresponsible Advertising on My Space aka TBTAM 2008
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Given the correct conditions vast algal mats can form on the under-surface of sea ice, including both microalgae and macroalgae such as sea-tangle (Fucus distichus), and their associated epiphytic organisms such as Pylaiella littoralis.
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Those Fucus plants that subsequently settled on tests of Chthamalus dalli became dislodged during storms because of the structural instability of the attachment of this opportunistic barnacle.
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Absence of structural algal canopy led to declines in associated invertebrates and inhibited recovery of Fucus itself, whose recruits avoid desiccation under the protective cover of the adult plants.
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Dramatic initial loss of cover by the most important biogenic habitat provider, the rockweed Fucus gardneri, triggered a cascade of indirect impacts.
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A healthy stand of rockweed (Fucus gardneri) growing on a boulder in Prince William Sound.
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