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    Maerl (also rhodolith) is a collective name for non-geniculate coralline red algae with a certain growth habit. Maerl grows at a rate of c. 1 mm per year...
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    such as Maerl. Maerl is a slow-growing coral-like calcareous red algae (it grows only 1 mm per year) and is an important Scottish species. Maerl beds are...
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    Algaculture on a large scale is an important type of aquaculture in some places. Maerl is commonly used as a soil conditioner. Naturally growing seaweeds are an...
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    the world. Only one species lives in freshwater. Unattached specimens (maerl, rhodoliths) may form relatively smooth compact balls to warty or fruticose...
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    Trá an Dóilín, a biogenic gravel beach made of coralline algae known as "maerl". Galway Hookers are a distinctive form of native Irish boat, and Carraroe...
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    in Saint-Malo, France, with the creation of a maerl grinding plant by the founder, Daniel Roullier. Maërl has been traditionally used by farmers in the...
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    (Spartina anglica) C.E. Hubbard, introduced in the mid-1940s, is now abundant. Maerl is a calcareous deposit, in the main, of two species, of calcareous algae...
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    marine feature in the Lamlash bay NTZ are the Maerl beds. Maerl is also present in the South Arran MPA. Maerl is a very slow-growing (1 mm per year) coral-like...
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    15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi) west of Boulogne, boasts the highest profusion of maerl in the strait. Thus some 682 km2 (263 sq mi) of the strait is classified...
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    products such as drinks. Recorded common names are griuán, maërl, punalevä-suku, stenhinna and maerl. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Lithothamnion". AlgaeBase...
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