The Intertidal Rocky Shore: Brown Seaweeds
- Photographs of about 30 species of brown algae that grow around the coasts of New Zealand.
- http://www.seafriends.org.nz/enviro/habitat/rsbrown.htm

Phaeophyceae: Brown Algae
- The characteristics of brown seaweeds with details of the life cycle of Laminaria, Saccharina, Fucus and Sargassum muticum.
- http://www.seaweed.ie/algae/phaeophyta.lasso

Introduction to the Phaeophyta
- Brief introduction to the brown algae or phaeophytes, a group of photosynthetic protists, almost all of which are marine, including rockweed and kelp. Includes biochemical information, reproduction and life cycle, and why they are no longer classified as
- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/phaeophyta.html