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    Beach wrack or marine wrack is organic material (e.g. kelp, seagrass, driftwood) and other debris deposited at high tide on beaches and other coastal...
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    removing wrack from beaches can harm the environment, the presence of excessive wrack can threaten beach goers' health. Collections of wrack decompose...
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  • of seaweed beach wrack, organic material deposited at high tide on beaches. Wrack, a novel by James Bradley (Australian writer) Charlie Wrack (1899–1979)...
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    been washed onto a shore or beach of a sea, lake, or river by the action of winds, tides or waves. It is part of beach wrack. In some waterfront areas,...
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    A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as...
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    ocean, groynes create beaches, prevent beach erosion caused by longshore drift where this is the dominant process and facilitate beach nourishment. There...
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    generally to any seaweeds or seagrasses that wash up on beaches and may accumulate in the wrack zone. It consists largely of species of Fucus — brown seaweeds...
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  • Marine wrack may refer to: wrack (seaweed), several species of seaweed beach wrack, organic material deposited at high tide on beaches. This disambiguation...
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    Beach nourishment (also referred to as beach renourishment, beach replenishment, or sand replenishment) describes a process by which sediment, usually...
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    States, extending hundreds of yards offshore at the low tide. The line of Wrack (seaweed) and seashells in the foreground indicates the high-water mark...
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    waves, occur on high-energy beaches and are typical of winter. They reduce the quantity of sediment present on the beach by carrying it out to bars under...
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    Beaches Beach cusps Beach evolution Beach ridge Beach wrack Beaches in estuaries and bays Beachrock Coastal morphodynamics Pocket beach Raised beach Recession...
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    investigation of the idea that alien plant life may exist on other planets. Here an artist has envisioned alien vegetation in beach wrack of an exomoon's sea....
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    height) continue to move in, and they run up onto the sloping front of the beach, forming an uprush of water called swash. The water then runs back again...
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  • from surf music and avoid resting on the band's laurels. Wilson was also wracked with anxiety over his relationship with 16-year-old singer Marilyn Rovell...
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    transport freshwater and food. Currently, D. potatorum is collected as beach wrack from King Island, where it is then dried as chips and sent to Scotland...
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    transport freshwater and food. Currently, D. potatorum is collected as beach wrack from King Island, where it is then dried as chips and sent to Scotland...
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    Pelvetia (redirect from Channelled wrack)
    Pelvetia canaliculata, the channelled wrack, is a very common brown alga (Phaeophyceae) found on the rocks of the upper shores of Europe. It is the only...
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    Reef has resulted in a lot of dead kelp washing ashore; also known as beach wrack, 40 species of South Australian bird use it in the building of their...
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    I. Colombini, M. A. Mateob, u.a.: On the role of Posidonia oceanica beach wrack for macroinvertebrates of a Tyrrhenian sandy shore. In: acta oecologica...
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    many Jews are struggling to navigate the fear and uncertainty that has wracked the community as Russia wages an unprovoked war on their former country...
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  • Wrack is a novel written by Australian author James Bradley. It was first published in 1997 by Random House Australia. The novel centres around archaeologist...
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    serratus L. – toothed wrack * Fucus spermophorus L. Fucus spiralis L. – spiral wrack * Fucus tendo L. Fucus vesiculosus L. – bladder wrack * Fucus virsoides...
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    beach hopper in the family Talitridae. Megalorchestia corniculata, a talitrid amphipod, is a crucial consumer of wrack (seaweed). By Consuming wrack,...
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    bursts. Generally, piping plovers will forage for food around the high tide wrack zone and along the water's edge. They eat mainly insects, marine worms,...
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    L.,Stenton-Dozey J. M. E.,Koop K.,1983, Kelp wrack and energy flow through a sandy beach. Sandy beaches as ecosystems, A. McLachlan & T. Erasmus (eds...
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    Ballybunion (category Beaches of County Kerry)
    Other traditions include seaweed baths, featuring sea water with serrated wrack. The town itself has a number of restaurants, pubs and cafes, and schools...
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    names include edible kelp, bull kelp, bullwhip kelp, ribbon kelp, bladder wrack, and variations of these names. Due to the English name, bull kelp can be...
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    species in the North Sea include species of wrack, among them bladder wrack, knotted wrack, and serrated wrack. Algae, macroalgal, and kelp, such as oarweed...
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    units were at far reduced strength and effectiveness. Logistic problems wracked the KPA, and shortages of food, weapons, equipment and replacement soldiers...
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