Dr. Celia Smith's Reef Algae Website |
Link to "Seaweeds of Hawaii" by W. H. Magruder and J. W. Hunt |
Algae at Hanauma Bay | Derek Keats Phaeophyta |
The Cell Wall is composed of Cellulose and various Pectin-like compounds.
They contain various acidic & sulfated polysaccharides called "phycocolloids".
Alginic Acid and Fuccoidan are the most familiar. Algininc Acid can represent as much as 40% of the Biomass.