Cold Water Garden
Plants & PlanetImage details - Cold Water Garden
Photographer: | Leena Roy |
Competition: | Competition 17 |
Category: | Plants & Planet |
Location: | Cairns of Coll, Isle of Coll, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Description
Epiphytic red algae (Ceramium sp.) tufts growing on tips of thongweed (Himanthalia elongata) fronds in the cold waters of the Cairns of Coll, Scotland. Seaweed is vital as a nursery habitat for fish and other species and is recognised as having a vital role in carbon capture, but is under threat from pollution and habitat destruction.