[NatureNS] ALGAE AND FRIENDS

From: "Gloria Gilbert" <turtlevoice@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: "Nature NS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:04:37 -0400
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During a guided walk at Thomas Raddall Park when the Port Joli Basin =
Conservation Society launched their new brochure on lichens, I learned =
that the black greasy deposit on rocks just below the high tide mark is =
actually a tiny lichen. Of course this means that an algae is present =
too, since they live in symbiosis.

The really interesting question is, "Why does it flourish on some =
shorelines and not on others?"

I'll venture a guess that the answer has much to do with the nourishment =
of the algae component.

I'm curious too!

Gloria
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