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- noun Two or three
species ofcalcareous algae in the Corallinaceae family, thatgrow on theseabed . - noun A
fertilizer derived from this algae.
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Greenpeace say the area in question is the only one off Sweden known to hold maerl beds, formed from slow-growing algae, and bubble reefs made of lime deposit, and is vulnerable to bottom trawling.
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Maerl is a type of ‘coralline algae’, meaning it is, at least in my eyes, a seaweed, coral, and algae all at once.
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