Bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) seaweed in frozen brackish water. As a good source of iodine,this seaweed was used in the nineteenth century to treat goitre,a swelling of the thyroid gland caused by iodine deficiency. Bladder wrack is a common food in Japan and is used as a flavouring throughout Europe. Photographed in Loch Sunart,Scotland,UK | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Booth, Simon |
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