Why is it an advantage for sargassum to branch frequently
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Answer:
Sargassum is a large brown seaweed, a macroalgae that inhabits shallow water and coral reefs. It is an advantage for these species to branch frequently because their branches help them to float in the water as these provide buoyancy. The branches are berry-like in structure that has gas-filled bladders known as pneumatocyst.
The advantage for sargassum to branch often is to form cysts or heavy branch like structure called pneumatocysts which add buoyancy to plant structure and hence allows to 'float' on the surface.
EXPLANATION:
Sargassum is in berries like structure found abundant in the 'ocean', which are mostly filled with oxygen. They are called as pneumatocysts because they are made up of membrane like structure with gas filled bladder, these allows it to float in the surface.