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Descriptor English: Sargassum
Descriptor Spanish: Sargassum
Descriptor Sargassum
Entry term(s) sargazo
Scope note: Es uno de los géneros más amplios de ALGAS PARDAS. Comprende más de 150 especies que se encuentran en las zonas tropicales, subtropicales y templadas de ambos hemisferios. Algunas especies están fijadas al fondo (bénticas) pero la mayoría flotan en mar abierto (pelágicas). Sargassum aporta un hábitat de importancia fundamental para cientos de especies de PECES, TORTUGAS e INVERTEBRADOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Sargassum
Descriptor French: Sargassum
Tree number(s): B01.750.600.725
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D044647
Scope note: One of the largest genera of BROWN ALGAE, comprised of more than 150 species found in tropical, subtropical, and temperate zones of both hemispheres. Some species are attached (benthic) but most float in the open sea (pelagic). Sargassum provides a critical habitat for hundreds of species of FISHES; TURTLES; and INVERTEBRATES.
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, Brown (1974-2003)
Seaweed (1974-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004
History Note: 2004
DeCS ID: 37789
Unique ID: D044647
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Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Sargassum - Preferred
Concept UI M0445573
Scope note One of the largest genera of BROWN ALGAE, comprised of more than 150 species found in tropical, subtropical, and temperate zones of both hemispheres. Some species are attached (benthic) but most float in the open sea (pelagic). Sargassum provides a critical habitat for hundreds of species of FISHES; TURTLES; and INVERTEBRATES.
Preferred term Sargassum



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