Sentences with phrase «known as algae»

There are four major types of seaweed and they are all known as algae.

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Any student who can classify algae as a plant life knows a zygote is human.

You may have been eating seaweed or that other superfood from the sea, algae, without knowing it as there are various types.

Holiday Detox: The Mean Green Smoothie This mean smoothie gets its wickedly green color from spirulina powder, a type of bacteria that is known as blue - green algae.

But, some manufacturers use DHA and ARA extracted from laboratory - grown fermented algae and fungus and processed with hexane, known as DHASCO and ARASCO, although not identified as such on the list of ingredients.

DHA also known as Docosahexaenoic acid is found in fish, algae and most importantly here, breast milk.

He and his colleagues had been working there since 2007, taking samples seasonally from six colonies of Orbicella faveolata, also known as mountainous star coral, and their associated symbiotic algae.

Under normal conditions, corals have a symbiotic relationship with algae known as zooxanthellae.

These heat waves can cause coral bleaching (SN: 02/03/18, p. 16)-- corals eject the symbiotic algae known as zooxanthellae that provide corals with both nutrients and color.

Now, the robot's first findings are already helping scientists piece together more of this previously hidden under - ice food web, including more evidence of the under - ice algae, as well as tiny copepods, ctenophores (jellyfish), predatory marine worms called arrow worms, and abundant amounts of large floating slime balls, known to scientists as larvaceans.

The Aleuts were killed by natural poisons known as toxins produced by certain algae that were trapped in the mussels» food - gathering filters.

The algae creates vast, colourful fields of what is popularly known as «watermelon snow».

The lichen Bryoria tortuosa is yellow and produces a toxic substance known as vulpinic acid while B. fremontii — made up of the same fungus and alga — is dark brown and produces no such acid.

These nitrogen - fixing, photosynthetic bacteria, also known as blue - green algae, are found in numerous habitats — in soil and lakes as well as the oceans.

Before the 2004 study, known as EIFEX, the European Iron Fertilization Experiment, scientists had conducted 11 experiments at sea to explore how trace quantities of iron may encourage the growth of algae.

Some scientists have proposed seeding the ocean with iron to grow algae, which would capture carbon dioxide and thus help curb global warming — part of a suite of ideas known as geoengineering.

Scientists on the Indian - German expedition, known as LOHAFEX, grew a 300 - km2 patch of algae in hopes that the plants» carbon would fall kilometers below, taking with it the atmospheric carbon it had pulled in during growth.

Previously, scientists had thought that the algae technique, known as iron fertilization, could contribute to the drawdown of up to 1 gigaton of carbon a year — more than 10 % of current yearly emissions.

Chapman counters that they might concentrate their diet on a blue - green algae, Microcystis, which the mussels don't eat, or turn to a clumpy, shoreline algae known as Cladophora.

This process of rampant algae growth leading to oxygen - starved waters is known as eutrophication.

Blue - green algae — also known as cyanobacteria — live in the harshest climates on Earth.

In his vision, billions of robots on the ocean floor tend tanks of compressed air that power turbines, the Southwest is known affectionately as algae country, and energy traders make their fortunes speculating on the price of chicken - manure gas.

Researchers have known for decades that some microorganisms, such as single - celled green algae, have proteins that respond to light by opening a channel in the microbe's membranes, allowing the passage of electrically charged ions (such as calcium and sodium).

«We have known for a while some of the details as to how high temperatures hurt some symbiotic algae inside the coral, but how multiple stressors affect all three components of the holobiont and how such effects may interact across these players is a big question for the field,» said co-author Mark Warner, associate director of the Marine Bioscience Program at the University of Delaware.

The answer is tiny organisms known as cyanobacteria, or blue - green algae.

Many of the organisms that wound up living on the panels are known as fouling species — microorganisms, algae, and invertebrates that anchor to boat hulls, jetties, and aquaculture facilities and wreak havoc for both humans and local marine communities — so lighting up marinas and harbors may not be in our best interest.

If you could take a cell from any organism — an alga, giant sequoia, condor, or your second cousin — and dive through its membrane into its clear liquid cytoplasm interior, you would find that all life as we know it shares the same building blocks.

One study of cyanobacteria, also known as blue - green algae, although they are not algae, predicted that rising sea temperatures could help the already widespread creatures expand their territory by more than 10 percent.

A range of dangerous pollutants have been found in this water, including bacteria like e. coli, toxic algae, lead, sulfur, excess iron, and general dirt and grit, that are known to lead to a host of health issues from gastrointestinal problems to neurological disorders, as well as reproductive issues.

Some of the largest known viruses infect simple organisms such as amoebas and simple marine algae.

Known as Chlamy to researchers, this alga's combination of traits — it has a cell wall and chloroplasts, but also an eyespot and pair of flagella, and switches between sunlight and carbon for food — has made it a popular study subject for decades.

Researchers at Michigan State University have built a molecular Swiss Army knife that streamlines the molecular machinery of cyanobacteria, also known as blue - green algae, making biofuels and other green chemical production from these organisms more viable.

Scientists have generally believed that more algae — more specifically, the type known as phytoplankton — would be good for the climate, since they thrive on CO2 while alive, then carry the carbon they've absorbed down to the sea bottom when they die.

Cyanobacteria — single - celled organisms also known as blue algae — are far more better at converting CO2 to useful energy than plants.

Further, some of the bloom - causing algae may produce natural poisons known as biotoxins.

Coral and algae, known as zooxanthellae, work in symbiosis by sharing nutrients.

One type, known as microcystins, are toxins produced by algae.

(Sometimes known as blue - green algae or blue - green bacteria, these microorganisms were grouped together with algae until just a few years ago.)

Cyanobacteria — also known as blue - green algae — have proliferated much more rapidly than other algae in lakes across North America and Europe...

Cyanobacteria, also known as blue - green algae, follow a similar pattern, engaging in photosynthesis and growth during day and «rest» and energy conservation at night.

When times turn rough, corals can reject their algae and turn white, known as bleaching.

As blue - green algae, crystal, beet, and turmeric lattes have invaded every known cafe recently, matcha has gone from trendy to a classic staple.

The benefits of algae have been known in Asia for fifty years where it is a multi-billion dollar crop and is endorsed by NASA and the United Nations as the most nutritionally dense food in the world.

Neuroscientists used a mouse model of ALS to demonstrate that supplementation with a blue — green algae known as spirulina, which is nutrient rich, provides neuroprotective support for dying motor neurons.

Lithothamnion Calcareum is a form of red algae, known as an excellent source of plant based Calcium for Vegans.

Spirulina, known as a cyanobacteria or blue - green algae, are found in pristine freshwater lakes, ponds, and rivers.

Products rich in omega - 3 fatty acids are another known way to support aging, such as fish, krill or algae oil.

These fats, which are found in foods such as fish, algae, walnuts, flaxseeds and chia seeds, are known to have anti-inflammatory properties (16).

Holiday Detox: The Mean Green Smoothie This mean smoothie gets its wickedly green color from spirulina powder, a type of bacteria that is known as blue - green algae.

Cyanobacteria, more commonly known as blue - green algae, are microscopic in size and located in ponds, streams, and freshwater lakes.