A massive stretch of bladderwrack seaweed in the Baltic Sea has just been revealed as one of nature’s biggest surprises. For years, scientists assumed it was a diverse population of marine plants, but ...

Bladderwrack forms large seaweed forests as far as 32 feet (10 meters) below the surface of the water. They shelter hosts of young fish, snails, and crustaceans, as well as larger fish ...

Fish fry, snails and crustaceans thrive here ... including the important bladderwrack," says Kerstin Johannesson, Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Gothenburg and one of the ...

Fish fry, snails and crustaceans thrive here ... including the important bladderwrack," says Kerstin Johannesson, Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Gothenburg and one of the ...

It’s important that common bladderwrack survives; several species rely on it to provide shelter or food, including fish, snails, and crustaceans. If the seaweed can’t adapt, it increases the ...