Lessonia (alga)
''Lessonia'' is a genus of large kelp native to the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the only kelp to be restricted to the southern hemisphere and is primarily distributed along the coasts of South America, New Zealand, Tasmania, and the List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands. ''Lessonia'' is one of two principal genera in kelp forests (the other is ''Macrocystis''). In Chile, the preservation of ''Lessonia'' kelp is an important to help preserve the biodiversity that exists on rocky shores. By studying the harvesting of these wild populations of ''Lessonia'' kelp marine biologists are able to analyze the effects of this activity on wildlife. Some species are of economic importance, such as ''Lessonia nigrescens'', which is harvested for alginic acid, alginate. They use a variety of chemical defenses and are somewhat resistant to Algivore, algivory. The Zoospore, zoospores are known to produce sporophytes even when ingested by fish. The conservation status of ...
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Lessonia Brevifolia
Lessonia may refer to: * Lessonia (alga), ''Lessonia'' (alga), a genus in the family Lessoniaceae * Lessonia (bird), ''Lessonia'' (bird), a genus in the family Tyrannidae * ''Lessonia'', a synonym for ''Aglaura (genus), Aglaura,'' a genus of hydrozoans {{genus disambiguation ...
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