Disentangling the ecological effects of biological invasions from those of other human disturbances is crucial to understanding the mechanisms underlying ongoing biotic homogenization. We evaluated ...

The Port of San Diego has renewed an emergency declaration meant to help the city fight an invasive algae that has proliferated in its bay. The algae species, scientifically known as Caulerpa ...

Although the invasive seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia, which invadeda Carlsbad lagoon, has been eradicated from Southern California,biologists say they worry that continued sales of the decorativeaquarium ...

The Port of San Diego has renewed an emergency declaration in light of an invasive plant continuing to spread in the San Diego Bay. The algae, Caulerpa prolifera, was discovered in the bay in ...

Imagine a piece of paper. Now imagine shredding it into confetti and scattering it to the wind. Now imagine each piece of confetti growing into a new piece of paper. Now shred those new pieces and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Under improved environmental conditions the average rate of elongation of the rhizoid cluster was 5.2 mm/day in the first 3 days. The rate ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The emergency ...

A new bill prohibiting the sale, transport and possession of any species under the Caulerpa genus in California has just been signed into law late last month. The genus includes both Caulerpa ...

The size of caulerpa infestations have massively reduced this year, but scientists and Māori leaders warn control efforts must continue to safeguard culture and the coastal marine environment. Photo / ...

Biologists used the world’s largest single-celled organism, an aquatic alga called Caulerpa taxifolia, to study the nature of structure and form in plants. It is a single cell that can grow to a ...

Te Rāwhiti kuia Makarita Howard and kaumatua Hone Martin are united in their wish to get rid of caulerpa’s threat to the Bay of Islands. Photo / Susan Botting Boaties are now banned from anchoring ...

A Northland couple’s work with exotic Caulerpa seaweed and their more than a decade’s pest control efforts in the Bay of Islands has helped earn them the New Zealand Biosecurity Supreme Award. Viki ...