RT null T1 Sargassum influx in the Wider Caribbean Region A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 Caribbean Environment Programme, K1 sargassum YR 2016 FD 2016-10 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27269 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27269 NO Brown algae of Sargassum genus form dense populations constituting free floating rafts on the ocean surface. These sargassum rafts have been observed for a long time in the northern Caribbean Basin and the Atlantic ocean, and their presence has notably given its name to the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 18, 2026