#caulerpa — Public Fediverse posts

How the growth of a giant single cell is intertwined with daily self-rhythms
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-growth-giant-cell-intertwined-daily.html

Macroscopic waves, biological clocks and morphogenesis driven by light in a giant unicellular green alga https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41813-6

"#Caulerpa is a type of marine #algae made up of one extended cell, though each plant can grow to be a meter across. While there are many individual nuclei within a Caulerpa plant, it contains no cell membranes that would normally divide it"

Green macroalga #Caulerpa has replaced #seagrass in #Florida's #IndianRiver Lagoon https://phys.org/news/2023-12-green-macroalga-caulerpa-seagrass-florida.html

The green macroalga Caulerpa prolifera replaces seagrass in a nitrogen enriched, phosphorus limited, urbanized estuary https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X23011779

Rachel Brewton, Ph.D.: "Loss of #seagrasses in urbanized #estuaries is common, as they are highly susceptible to watershed nutrient and sediment inputs, making seagrasses effective biological sentinels"

How the #growth of a giant single #cell is intertwined with daily #self_rhythms.

#Caulerpa #morphogenesis #biological_clock #light

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-growth-giant-cell-intertwined-daily.html