A species of damselfish, Stegastes nigricans, selectively weed the algal gardens on which they feed in order to encourage the growth of their preferred algal species of Polysiphonia and suppress the ...

Gardeners who are vigilant against weeds may have a newfound appreciation for damselfish, which, a new study reports, are diligent weeders of algae gardens in coral reefs around the world. Weeding, ...

EFFORTS to obtain axenic cultures of red algae hitherto have been successful only with unicellular species 1,2 or multicellular species with monosiphonous thalli 3,4.

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