ICYMI: Pollinators of the Sea
- Apr 15, 2017
- 1 min read
Did you think that pollination was something that only happened on land? Think again!
Aquatic plants need pollination, too. A recent discovery suggests that tiny invertebrates may be the bees of the sea, carrying pollen underwater from plant to plant. Check it out!
Brigittavan. (2012). Seagrass flowers visited by invertebrates. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7VLBhQ-rQo
van Tussenbroek, B., Villamil, N., Márquez-Guzmán, J., Wong, R., Monroy-Velázquez, L., & Solis-Weiss, V. (2016). Experimental evidence of pollination in marine flowers by invertebrate fauna. Nature Communications, 7, 12980. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12980
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