Hi Rosie,
The Field Studies Council have some excellent guides on UK (broadly,
also N Atlantic) seaweed types and their ecology. The easiest way to
confirm an ID is however to visit a beach and collect some of the common
types yourself - esp. Fucus vesiculosus and Ascophyllum nodosum! They
are also interesting to char once dried... I have found that both the
thallus ('stem') cross-sections and air-sacs are quite distinctive.
http://www.field-studies-council.org/publications/pubs/common-seaweeds.aspx
http://www.field-studies-council.org/publications/pubs/a-field-key-to-the-british-brown-seaweeds.aspx
Best wishes,
Rachel.
On 2013-11-20 12:14, Rosie Bishop wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Just wondered if anyone could offer any advice on the identification
> of charred seaweed, in terms of suitable identification books? I have
> found a couple of sites where charred seaweed has been identified to
> species, but none of them note the identification guides used.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Rosie Bishop
> Dept of Archaeology
> Durham University
