The biggest clues came as corpses: particularly, the remains of
microscopic algae known as diatoms and chrysophytes, whose glassy scales preserve extremely well in lake sediment.
Not exact matches
Cyanobacteria, more commonly
known as blue - green
algae, are
microscopic in size and located in ponds, streams, and freshwater lakes.
Aside from threatening the
microscopic algae it consumes, Myrionecta rubra is not
known to be toxic to other marine life or humans.