Sentences with phrase «brown alga called»

One species that succeeded in hitchhiking all of the way from northeast Asia to the kelp forests of the Channel Islands is a brown alga called Sargassum horneri.

For instance, an invasive brown alga called Sargassum horneri now dominates large swaths of kelp forest habitat at the islands, and while it's impacts are not yet fully understood, the kelp forests of the Channel Islands are being substantially altered.