Sentences with phrase «by microscopic algae»

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SeaWiFS, on board the OrbView 2 (aka SeaStar) satellite measures the wavelengths of light reflected by phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants) and algae that use chlorophyll for photosynthesis.

Instead, the experiment yielded bloom of algae, which was readily and rapidly eaten by microscopic grazers.

Over five days, the team systematically altered biological communities within the flume by adding various combinations of cultures of marine bacteria and microscopic marine algae, or phytoplankton.

Phytoplankton (microscopic marine algae) are also dramatically affected by changing ocean conditions.

Blooms can come from algae that range from microscopic single - celled organisms to macroscopic seaweed, and cause harm through the production of toxins or by accumulation of the plants.