MR ART WEIL wrote:
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> Paul;-
>    That's a very fine answer about Sargassum and Red Tide. Is the red
> algae poisonous to mollusks that injest it?  Again, is the sargassum
> home to small shrimp and crabs? Does the sargassum itself act as a
> buffer to waves and movement or does it just exist in this quiet zone?
>  Are there other such zones in other oceans similar to this?
>       Art
Art:
 
You gest couldn't resist the pun could you.  Sargassum buffers wave
movement, dinoflagellates are not injurious to the mollusks?
 
Steve
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