Dwellers of the sea and Dwellers of the sea and shore . dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 128 Dwellers of the Sea and Shore they are expanded in one plane like an oak leaf. A distinctive feature, and one which marks quite an ad- vance in the development of seaweeds, is its possession of air bladders and conceptacles, or spore chambers. The air vessels enable the somewhat thick and clumsy fronds to uplift themselves in the water and thereby FUCUS, AN OLIVE-GREEN SEAWEED, GROWING ON A ROCK. maintain a position most favorable for the assimilation of light and nourishment. When thus seen swayi
Dwellers of the sea and Dwellers of the sea and shore . dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 128 Dwellers of the Sea and Shore they are expanded in one plane like an oak leaf. A distinctive feature, and one which marks quite an ad- vance in the development of seaweeds, is its possession of air bladders and conceptacles, or spore chambers. The air vessels enable the somewhat thick and clumsy fronds to uplift themselves in the water and thereby FUCUS, AN OLIVE-GREEN SEAWEED, GROWING ON A ROCK. maintain a position most favorable for the assimilation of light and nourishment. When thus seen swaying in the depths, their beautiful bouquetlike forms bend to and fro with indescribable grace. It is in the peculiarity of its spore chambers, how- ever, that Fucus particularly solicits attention. For here we find the beginning of that complex process of
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