calcareous algae

[kal′ker·ē·əs ′al·jē]

(botany)

Algae that grow on limestone or in soil impregnated with lime.

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Iskopaemye izvestkovye vodorosli SSSR [Fossil calcareous algae from USSR].

Warm-water Dasycladaceae algae from the Late Ordovician of the Parahio Valley, Spiti, India / Soojaveelised Dasycladaceae vetikad India Parahio oru Hilis-Ordoviitsiumis

I became fascinated by calcareous algae. Why would a plant that needs the sun make itself a coat of armour?

Addicted to Bryozoans

In this study, nineteen genera and twelve species of benthic foraminifera, one genus of planktic foraminifera, three genera and four species of calcareous algae and Lingulogavelinella arnagerensis assemblage zone were identified.

Biostratigraphy, depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of Late Cretaceous clastic-evaporite-carbonate deposits, east of Central Iran, Bajestan

Macro- and calcareous algae abundance did not differ between reefs but high coralline algae abundance was measured in Shimoni compared to all other reefs.

Coral Recruit-Algae Interactions in Coral Reef Lagoons Are Mediated by Riverine Influences

Treatments involved the addition of a calcium source to the concentrate, either limestone (LI) (calcitic limestone, Iguatama, Brazil) or a product derived from calcareous algae (CA) (Top buffer[R] Sanphar, Campinas, Brazil), with or without the presence of monensin (MO) (Bovensin[R] Phibro, Guarulhos, Brazil).

Use of calcareous algae and monensin in Nellore cattle subjected to an abrupt change in diet/Produto a base de algas calcarias e monensina na transicao abrupta para dietas com elevada proporcao de concentrado para bovinos Nelore

The functional groups were determined following Steneck & Dethier (1994): a) foliose algae, b) filamentous algae, c) corticated foliose algae, d) corticated algae, e) articulated calcareous algae, and d) crustose algae.

Evaluacion inicial de las comunidades costeras de los Parques Marinos en la Isla Robinson Crusoe

Forms of green algae mainly calcified are recognized as skeletal calcareous algae. They commonly exhibit segments of (dasycladacead algae, according to the classification of Wray, 1977) with honeycomb structure and walls commonly of fine grained fibrous calcite (Fig.

Fossilized microbial and algal textures in post eocene lacustrine zeolite tuff sequence, G. Abu Treifiya, Cairo-Suez road, Egypt

Coronado and Rodriguez (2009) recognized syringoporoid corals in the algal-mounds of Cosgaya Formation in Cantabria (Spain) where they occur associated with calcareous algae, chaetetids and rugose corals.

Carboniferous auloporids from the Iberian Peninsula: palaeocology, diversity, and spatio-temporal distribution

Among bigger algal species, tough cement makers called crustose calcareous algae help hold a reef together and create ridges that withstand pounding waves.