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Descriptor English: Kelp
Descriptor Spanish: Kelp
Descriptor Kelp
Entry term(s) Laminariales
Scope note: Formas grandes y robustas de algas pardas (PHAEOPHYCEAE) del orden Laminariales. Constituyen un componente principal de las zonas intertidales bajas y sublitorales de las costas rocosas de aguas templadas y polares. Con la denominación de kelp, un tipo de ALGAS MARINAS, generalmente se alude a especies del género LAMINARIA o MACROCYSTIS, pero el término puede también ser usado para especies de FUCUS o Nereocystis.
Descriptor Portuguese: Kelp
Descriptor French: Varech
Tree number(s): B01.750.600.425
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D044423
Scope note: Large, robust forms of brown algae (PHAEOPHYCEAE) in the order Laminariales. They are a major component of the lower intertidal and sublittoral zones on rocky coasts in temperate and polar waters. Kelp, a kind of SEAWEED, usually refers to species in the genera LAMINARIA or MACROCYSTIS, but the term may also be used for species in FUCUS or Nereocystis.
Annotation: coordinate with specific organism if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Algae (1965-2003)
Seaweed (1971-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see SEAWEED 2000-2003
History Note: 2004; use SEAWEED 2000-2003
DeCS ID: 37787
Unique ID: D044423
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Kelp - Preferred
Concept UI M0332423
Scope note Large, robust forms of brown algae (PHAEOPHYCEAE) in the order Laminariales. They are a major component of the lower intertidal and sublittoral zones on rocky coasts in temperate and polar waters. Kelp, a kind of SEAWEED, usually refers to species in the genera LAMINARIA or MACROCYSTIS, but the term may also be used for species in FUCUS or Nereocystis.
Preferred term Kelp



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