Plants

Messages for you two from cecily:: Red Alage<eva Corallina sp<eva Brown Algae<pris Green Algae< pris Kyrtuthrix maculans< I cannot find any information about it= = may be you can try You can search for information first. TIDY it up, give sub titles to them, include the weblinks in the file and send them to me. I think I will use your information to finish the rest parts………If I need help, I will tell you OTL Cecily’s email:: [email protected] Give me as soon as possible, better before 31 so that I don’t have to bring it to 2009 THANK YOU VERY MUCH=) What we have to find and think:: -each plants’ living environment e.g. humidity, food, salt, light, range of temperature, -their structure and adaptation e.g. colour -how they related to our data -relationship between the species e.g. competition -relationship with animal Parts of our discussion:: >Distribution of plants >Adaptation >Effect of environmental factors on their distribution

Distribution of plants On the rocky shore, a total of five species of algae could be found along the transect. They are Red Algae, Corallina sp, Brown Algae, Green Algae and Kyrtuthrix maculans. Red Algae were mainly found near the water. They were the most abundance on the rock surface at 10m, where is the tidal area. Their coverage reduces gradually up the shore. Corallina sp. could only be found in rock pool 1, where

they covered more percentage than the others. Brown Algae were mainly found on the rock surface away from the sea and they were present in rock pool 2 in great coverage. Only Brown Algae could be found at 1m where it was far away from rock pools and the sea. Green Algae were present near the sea and rock pools. They covered less surface and gradually absent up the shore. Kyrtuthrix maculans mainly covered rock surface near the sea and in rock pools. The plants covered 100% of rock surface on 4m to 10m, while at the first three metres the coverage were not 100% i.e. there was bare rock surface without any algae or cyanobacteria on it.