Sargassum horneri

Sargassum horneri
Scientific classification
Clade:	SAR
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Fucales
Family:	Sargassaceae
Genus:	Sargassum
Species:	S. horneri
Binomial name
	Sargassum horneri; (Turner) C.Agardh

Sargassum horneri is a species of brown macroalgae that is common along the coast of Japan and Korea. It is an annual algae which has a varying fertile season along the coast. In Wakasa Bay it began to grow in early autumn through winter, becoming matured in Spring, when the sea water temperature was 11.6–15.2 °C (53–59 °F) in average.[1] Also called "devil weed", this species has invaded the Eastern Pacific, beginning in Baja California and advancing north along the California coastline.

In its natural ecosystem, Sargassum horneri grows attached to a hard substrate and blooms into a kelp forest which encourages and maintains local biodiversity. However, this species of macroalgae is the major component of the northwest Pacific golden tide, a biomass of Sargassum horneri that drifts up the eastern coast of China towards Korea as an invasive species and is detrimental to the coastal ecosystem there.[2]

References

Umezaki, Isamu (1984). "Ecological Studies of Sargassum horneri (TURNER) C. AGARDH in Obama Bay, Japan Sea". Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi. 50 (7): 1193–1200. doi:10.2331/suisan.50.1193.
Byeon, Seo Yeon; Oh, Hyun-Ju; Kim, Sangil; Yun, Suk Hyun; Kang, Ji Hyoun; Park, Sang Rul; Lee, Hyuk Je (2019-05-23). "The origin and population genetic structure of the 'golden tide' seaweeds, Sargassum horneri , in Korean waters". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 7757. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-44170-x. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6533256. PMID 31123297.

Marks, L. (27 August 2015). "Sargassum horneri information sheet" (PDF).

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[1] Umezaki, Isamu (1984). "Ecological Studies of Sargassum horneri (TURNER) C. AGARDH in Obama Bay, Japan Sea". Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi. 50 (7): 1193–1200. doi:10.2331/suisan.50.1193.

[2] Byeon, Seo Yeon; Oh, Hyun-Ju; Kim, Sangil; Yun, Suk Hyun; Kang, Ji Hyoun; Park, Sang Rul; Lee, Hyuk Je (2019-05-23). "The origin and population genetic structure of the 'golden tide' seaweeds, Sargassum horneri , in Korean waters". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 7757. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-44170-x. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6533256. PMID 31123297.