Limu
Appearance

ʻO ka limu, a i ʻole macroalgae, pili i nā tausani o nā ʻano macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. Aia ka hua'ōlelo i kekahi mau ʻano Rhodophyta (ʻulaʻula), Phaeophyta (ʻeleʻele) a me Chlorophyta ('ōmaʻomaʻo) macroalgae. Hāʻawi nā ʻano limu e like me nā kelp i kahi wahi hānai koʻikoʻi no nā lawaiʻa a me nā ʻano kai ʻē aʻe a pēlā e pale ai i nā kumu meaʻai; ʻO nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe, e like me ka planktonic algae, he kuleana koʻikoʻi i ka hopu ʻana i ke kalapona a hana i ka liʻiliʻi o 50% o ka oxygen o ka Honua.