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'''''Sargassum fluitans''''' is a species of [[brown algae]] in the family [[Sargassaceae]], first described by [[Danish Realm|Danish]] botanist [[Frederik Børgesen]] in 1914.[Børgesen], F. (1914). ''The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 2. Phaeophyceae.'' Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 2(2): 1–68.[{{cite web |title=''Sargassum fluitans'' (Børgesen) Børgesen |publisher=AlgaeBase |url=https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=825}}]. In English, it is sometimes referred to as '''broad-leaved gulfweed'''.[{{cite web |title=Broad-leaved Gulfweed (]*Sargassum fluitans*) |url=https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/species/22933 |publisher=Maryland Biodiversity Project}} |
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'''''Sargassum fluitans''''' is a species of [[brown algae]] in the family [[Sargassaceae]], first described by [[Danish Realm|Danish]] botanist [[Frederik Børgesen]] in 1914.[{{cite journal |last1=Børgesen |first1=F. |year=1914 |title=The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 2. Phaeophyceae |journal=Dansk Botanisk Arkiv |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=1–68 |doi=10.5962/bhl.title.1314}}][{{cite web |title=''Sargassum fluitans'' (Børgesen) Børgesen |publisher=AlgaeBase |url=https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=825}}] In English, it is sometimes referred to as '''broad-leaved gulfweed'''.[{{cite web |title=Broad-leaved Gulfweed (''Sargassum fluitans'') |url=https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/species/22933 |publisher=Maryland Biodiversity Project}}] |
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It occurs in the tropical and subtropical [[Atlantic Ocean]], including the [[Sargasso Sea]].[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ]“Basic Information on Sargassum.” https://www.epa.gov/cyanohabs/basic-information-sargassum It is a holopelagic species, living entirely in the open ocean as floating mats.[Gower, J., King, S., & Zheng, G. (2006). ''Global monitoring of floating Sargassum using MODIS satellite data.'' Remote Sensing of Environment, 104(4), 338–349.] Like other [[Pelagic zone|pelagic]] [[Sargassum]] species, it reproduces primarily by [[Fragmentation (reproduction)|fragmentation]].[Gower, J., Young, E., & King, S. (2013). ''Sargassum ecology and reproduction in the North Atlantic.'' Deep-Sea Research II, 93, 2–11.] It, along with ''[[Sargassum natans]]'', have been credited with affecting the beach tourism industry in [[Yucatán]][{{cite web | url=https://www.agenciasinc.es/Reportajes/El-sargazo-la-macroalga-desatada-que-amenaza-al-Caribe-mexicano | title=El sargazo: La macroalga desatada que amenaza al Caribe mexicano }}] and South Florida.[{{cite web | url=https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/miamidadeco/2018/08/31/sargassum-seaweed-in-south-florida/ | title=Sargassum Seaweed in South Florida | date=31 August 2018 }}] This species serves as a floating substrate for a diverse community of [[Epibiont|epibiotic]] organisms, including [[Colony (biology)|colonial]] [[Hydrozoa|hydrozoans]] and other invertebrates.[Lapointe, B.E. et al. (2014). ''The Sargasso Sea ecosystem.'' Deep-Sea Research II, 93, 1–2.][{{cite journal |last1=Govindarajan |first1=AF |last2=Cooney |first2=L |year=2019 |title=The distribution and mitochondrial genotype of the hydroid Aglaophenia latecarinata is correlated with its pelagic Sargassum substrate type in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |article-number=e7814 |doi=10.7717/peerj.7814 |pmid=31637119 |doi-access=free |pmc=6802585 }}] |
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It occurs in the tropical and subtropical [[Atlantic Ocean]], including the [[Sargasso Sea]].[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "Basic Information on Sargassum." https://www.epa.gov/cyanohabs/basic-information-sargassum] It is a holopelagic species, living entirely in the open ocean as floating mats.[Gower, J., King, S., & Zheng, G. (2006). ''Global monitoring of floating Sargassum using MODIS satellite data.'' Remote Sensing of Environment, 104(4), 338–349.] Like other [[Pelagic zone|pelagic]] [[Sargassum]] species, it reproduces primarily by [[Fragmentation (reproduction)|fragmentation]].[Gower, J., Young, E., & King, S. (2013). ''Sargassum ecology and reproduction in the North Atlantic.'' Deep-Sea Research II, 93, 2–11.] It, along with ''[[Sargassum natans]]'', have been credited with affecting the beach tourism industry in [[Yucatán]][{{cite web | url=https://www.agenciasinc.es/Reportajes/El-sargazo-la-macroalga-desatada-que-amenaza-al-Caribe-mexicano | title=El sargazo: La macroalga desatada que amenaza al Caribe mexicano }}] and South Florida.[{{cite web | url=https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/miamidadeco/2018/08/31/sargassum-seaweed-in-south-florida/ | title=Sargassum Seaweed in South Florida | date=31 August 2018 }}] This species serves as a floating substrate for a diverse community of [[Epibiont|epibiotic]] organisms, including [[Colony (biology)|colonial]] [[Hydrozoa|hydrozoans]] and other invertebrates.[Lapointe, B.E. et al. (2014). ''The Sargasso Sea ecosystem.'' Deep-Sea Research II, 93, 1–2.][{{cite journal |last1=Govindarajan |first1=AF |last2=Cooney |first2=L |year=2019 |title=The distribution and mitochondrial genotype of the hydroid Aglaophenia latecarinata is correlated with its pelagic Sargassum substrate type in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |article-number=e7814 |doi=10.7717/peerj.7814 |pmid=31637119 |doi-access=free |pmc=6802585 }}] |
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