name: Macroalgae

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description: Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to several species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of Rhodophyta (red), Phaeophyta (brown) and Chlorophyta (green) macroalgae.Seaweed species such as kelps provide essential nursery habitat for fisheries and other marine species and thus protect food sources; other species, such as planktonic algae, play a vital role in capturing carbon, producing up to 90% of Earth's oxygen.

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picture_file_name: Macroalgae.jpg

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picture_updated_at: 2020-04-17T16:22:49.000Z

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food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Seaweed

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2020-01-24T17:05:36.000Z

updated_at: 2020-04-17T16:22:49.000Z

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