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[[Brown algae]], in the [[Kingdom (biology)|Kingdom]] [[Chromista]], [[Order (biology)|Order]] [[Laminariales]] and [[Family (biology)|Family]] [[Alariaceae]] there are up to 14 [[species]] of the [[Genus]] ''Alaria'' known world-wide. |
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| ⚫ | ''[[Dabberlocks| Alaria esculenta]]'' is a large brown seaweed common on the shores of the [[British Isles]]. It has been studied for its potential for [[aquaculture]].<ref>Kraan, S., Tramullas, A.V. and Guiry, M.D. (2000) [http://www.springerlink.com/content/t54762222g242623/ The edible brown seaweed ''Alaria esculenta'' (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales): hybridization, growth and genetic comparisons of six Irish populations]. ''Journal of Applied Phycology'' '''12''': 1573-1576</ref> |
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==Description== |
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''Alaria esculenta'' is a large brown seaweed common on the shores of the [[British Isles]]. The frond is unbranched and can grow to 2 m long.<ref name=Dickinson63>Dickinson, C.I. (1963). ''British Seaweeds.'' The Kew Series. Eyre & Spottiswoode</ref> It grows from a short cylindrical [[stipe (botany)|stipe]] attached to the rocks by a [[holdfast]] of branching root-like [[rhizoid]]s, it grows to about 20 cm long. The stipe is continued into the frond forming a long conspicuous midrib without a mid-rib. The lamina is thin, membranous with a wavy margin.<ref name=Newton31>Newton, L. (1931). '' Handbook of the British Seaweeds.'' British Museum (Natural History), London.</ref><ref>[http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/Alariaesculenta.htm Basic information for ''Alaria esculenta''], [[Marine Life Information Network]] (MarLIN), retrieved [[1 October]] [[2007]].</ref> |
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| ⚫ | ''[[Alaria marginata]]''<ref name="Berkeley">University Herbarium, UC Berkeley [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/guide/brown5.html]</ref>, known as "California nori" or "wild nori" or "California wakame", can be eaten loose leaf and is high in protein and Vit.A<ref> Turner, K. 1996. ''The Self-Healing Cookbook.'' Earthtones Press, Vashon Isld, WA. ISBN 0-945668-10-4</ref>. It occurs on the [[Pacific]] coast of [[North America]], from [[California]] to [[Alaska]]<ref name="Berkeley"/> |
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| ⚫ | It has been studied for its potential for [[aquaculture]].<ref>Kraan, S., Tramullas, A.V. and Guiry, M.D. (2000) [http://www.springerlink.com/content/t54762222g242623/ The edible brown seaweed ''Alaria esculenta'' (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales): hybridization, growth and genetic comparisons of six Irish populations]. ''Journal of Applied Phycology'' '''12''': 1573-1576</ref> |
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== Culinary == |
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| ⚫ | ''Alaria marginata''<ref name="Berkeley">University Herbarium, UC Berkeley [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/guide/brown5.html]</ref>, known as "California nori" or "wild nori" or "California wakame", can be eaten loose leaf and is high in protein and Vit.A<ref> Turner, K. 1996. ''The Self-Healing Cookbook.'' Earthtones Press, Vashon Isld, WA. ISBN 0-945668-10-4</ref> |
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==Ecology and Life History== |
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''Alaria esculenta'' is a common large alga to be found at and below low-watermark in the "Laminaria belt". It grows attached to rocks on the more exposed shores.<ref name=Lewis64>Lewis, J.R. (1964). ''The Ecology of Rocky Shores.'' The English Universities Press Ltd. </ref><ref name=Phillips87> Phillips, R. 1987. ''Seashells and Seaweeds.'' Elm Tree Books, London. ISBN 0241 12028 4</ref> |
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[[Leaf|Leaf-like]] [[sporophyll]]s develop from the stipe and produce [[zoospore]]s.<ref name=Newton31/> |
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==Distribution== |
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''[[Dabberlocks| Alaria esculenta]]'' (Linnaeus) Greville, occurs in the [[British Isles]]<ref name="algaebase">[http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=82&sk=0&from=results ''Alaria esculenta'' (Linnaeus) Greville], [[AlgaeBase]]</ref> save the south and east of [[England]]. It is common in Devon and Cornwall, Wales, Scotland and Ireland on shores where there is severe wave exposure.<ref name="Hardy & Guiry03">Hardy, G. and Guiry, M.D. (2003). ''A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland.'' British Phycological Society. ISBN 0 952711516</ref> |
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''Alaria marginata'' occurs on the [[Pacific]] coast of [[North America]], from [[California]] to [[Alaska]]<ref name="Berkeley"/> |
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===World wide=== |
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[[Europe]]: [[Greenland]], [[Iceland]], [[Faroes]], [[Norway]], [[France]], [[Helgoland]], [[Netherlands]]. [[United States of America]]: [[Alaska]], [[Labrador]] and [[Massachusetts]].<ref name="algaebase"/> |
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Brown algae, in the Kingdom Chromista, Order Laminariales and Family Alariaceae there are up to 14 species of the Genus Alaria known world-wide.
Alaria esculenta is a large brown seaweed common on the shores of the British Isles. It has been studied for its potential for aquaculture.[1]
Alaria marginata[2], known as "California nori" or "wild nori" or "California wakame", can be eaten loose leaf and is high in protein and Vit.A[3]. It occurs on the Pacific coast of North America, from California to Alaska[2]
References
- ^ Kraan, S., Tramullas, A.V. and Guiry, M.D. (2000) The edible brown seaweed Alaria esculenta (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales): hybridization, growth and genetic comparisons of six Irish populations. Journal of Applied Phycology 12: 1573-1576
- ^ a b University Herbarium, UC Berkeley [1]
- ^ Turner, K. 1996. The Self-Healing Cookbook. Earthtones Press, Vashon Isld, WA. ISBN 0-945668-10-4
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