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Sargasso Sea, area of the North Atlantic Ocean, elliptical in shape and relatively still, that is strewn with free-floating seaweed of the genus Sargassum.
Life in the North Atlantic depends on this floating seaweed. Sargassum plants are a nuisance on some beaches, but they are a shelter and a feast for a complex and amazing variety of marine life....
Sargassum is a genus of large brown seaweed (a type of algae) that floats in island-like masses. These floating rafts can stretch for miles across the ocean, serving as habitat that provides food, refuge, and breeding grounds for an array of animals such as fishes, sea turtles, marine birds, crabs, shrimp, and more.
Mar 14, 2014 · Five countries signed an agreement this week committing to the protection of the Sargasso Sea, which occupies a vast stretch of the North Atlantic Ocean around Bermuda.
In the Sargasso Sea, at least 14 major groups of animals live on or swim among the floating forests of seaweed. Near Bermuda, biologist Laurence Madin has found that many in a single haul of...
The Sargasso Sea is a spawning site for threatened and endangered eels, as well as white marlin, porbeagle shark, and dolphinfish. Humpback whales annually migrate through the Sargasso Sea. Commercial fish, such as tuna, and birds also migrate through the Sargasso Sea and depend on it for food.
Mar 11, 2014 · The agreement, which was signed yesterday in Bermuda’s capital Hamilton, is part of the Sargasso Sea Alliance – an initiative led by the Government of Bermuda and hosted by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), which is one of its founding partners.
