Sentences with phrase «of algae by»

The 100 - foot long suction hose is operated by divers, who feed in chunks of algae by hand.

In some areas, they boosted the growth of the algae by dousing the snow in fertilizer.

Not exact matches

Not only do warmer waters cause bleaching of the living coral polyps that make up the mass, by leading them to expel the algae that give them color, but they have also led to an explosion in the numbers of a creature called the crown - of - thorns starfish.

The research could lead to the technical ability to make 10,000 barrels of algae biofuel a day by 2025, the companies...

As an algae biologist I was initially struck by the cover graphic: a stained glass window made of diatoms, the tiny planktonic creatures whose exquisite outer shells are visible only through the electron microscope.

There is no such «direct» evolution: animals, bacteria, and algae have a common ancestor from which they have diverged, as can be shown by aligning and comparing amino acid sequences of proteins and nucleotide sequences of homologous ribosomal RNA molecules that are found in both bacteria and vertebrates.

I definitely recommend breaking that down into about 10 tabs at a time, but by consuming them this way they have no taste, which is nice if you are leery of how algae tastes.

An algae cultivation model favored by Zivo Bioscience eschews complex and costly fermentation systems, photo - bioreactors, panels and tubes associated with microalgae production in favor of the most basic and cost - efficient models: a covered, shallow pond constructed of inexpensive, readily - available materials obtainable in many parts of the world.

Organic bivalve shellfish (mussels, clams, oysters) are fed by natural plankton and algae in tidal zones, so this industry is relatively easy in clean oceans, such as those near the south coast of Australia, where there are already certified operators for mussels and oysters.

In the 1990s the family - owned company was the first to use spirulina algae to give food and beverages various shades of blues and greens by natural means.

That gorgeous ocean blue colour of the most Instagram worthy mermaid bowls you see is created by the blue - green algae spirulina — specifically E3Live's Blue Majik — which (by weight) has a whopping 22 times more iron than spinach, 6 times more antioxidants than blueberries, and 6 times more calcium than cow's milk.

Tara Jensen hosts a monthly pizza night, and every time she's sure that no one will come, and every time, nearly 100 people show up, finding their way to the town of Marshall, North Carolina, then heading six miles northwest on Route 70 along the French Broad River, winding around the knoll called Walnut, and stopping at the dirt driveway leading to her compound, which consists of an algae - covered pond, a shack in the woods, a brick oven, and two pitched - roof houses, one of which is a bakery that goes by the name of Smoke Signals.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation notified public officials today that water samples taken Saturday near the pier and the stairs to the beach contain high levels of a liver toxic produced by the blue - green algae.

Owasco Lake has been plagued by water quality issues in recent years, including the spread of blue - green algae throughout the lake.

A coral reef is a type of biotic reef that develops in tropical waters by the growth of coralline algae, hermatypic corals, and other marine organisms.

This expanse of low - oxygen, or hypoxic, waters is produced by an overgrowth of algae caused by high nutrient concentrations.

«We were able to follow this coral at a very high precision and document how diverse assemblages of symbiotic algae are differently affected by the bleaching phenomenon,» Kemp said.

Two months later, heat - tolerant algae had taken over the parts of the coral formerly occupied by the heat - sensitive algae.

The smell of plastic, when fouled by algae, is also attractive to some seabirds, suggests a new study.

Bacteria, algae, and fungi are swept up by winds and lifted to the altitude of a Boeing 747 — or catapulted 20 miles into the stratosphere by electric fields during thunderstorms.

Previously, many water managers in the region had believed that the algae blooms of the diatom Didymosphenia geminata — which resemble blobs of wet toilet paper or shag rugs — resulted from an invasive species problem starting in the mid-2000s that could be fixed by regular washing of fishing gear and other sanitation measures.

When these tiny marine algae die or are consumed by predators, their biomass sinks to the ocean interior where it becomes food for other types of bacteria.

In ponds dominated by female fish, the researchers observed more pronounced ecological changes, including fewer zooplankton and a greater abundance of algae, than in male dominated ponds.

THRIFTY microbes entombed in a salt crystal have survived for 30,000 years by feeding off the remains of algae that were trapped along with them.

Bloom of calcifying algae at the Barents Sea, documented by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA satellite AQUA.

«We posited that giant kelp fed herbivores in the system and provided structure and habitat for predators, and that it was fed upon by sea urchins and affected the understory communities of algae and sessile invertebrates in the kelp forest,» said lead author Robert Miller, a research biologist in UCSB's Marine Science Institute (MSI).

The elevated algae levels were caused by the higher phosphate phosphorus content of the surface layer before the growth season compared to last year.

Continental jet 516 — a two - engine Boeing 737 - 800 — completed a two hour test flight out of Houston today with one engine powered by a 50 - 50 blend of regular petroleum - based jet fuel and a synthetic alternative made from Jatropha and algae.

Of that total, 21 billion gallons must come from sources that reduce greenhouse - gas emissions by 50 percent or more — a goal that algae neatly achieve.

By manipulating this gene, the researchers managed to engineer algae that both grow rapidly and yield a lot of oil.

Algae production consumes more energy, has higher greenhouse gas emissions and uses more water than other biofuel sources, like corn, switch grass and canola, Clarens and his colleagues found by using a statistical model to compare growth data of algae with conventional cAlgae production consumes more energy, has higher greenhouse gas emissions and uses more water than other biofuel sources, like corn, switch grass and canola, Clarens and his colleagues found by using a statistical model to compare growth data of algae with conventional calgae with conventional crops.

Where these outflows are the most voluminous, coral reef has largely been overtaken by green algae, which has destroyed habitat for an untold number of marine species.

Toxic strains of K. veneficum immediately caused the prey to slow down by more than 50 percent, and nearly doubled the proportion of immobile algae in the water relative to non-toxic strains.

There have been hints that there's more biological productivity in the Arctic Ocean than once suspected (perhaps helped along by climate change): In 2012, scientists reported seeing massive blooms of algae proliferating under the sea ice.

Although many dinoflagellates can survive through photosynthesis alone, some species are able to grow twice as fast by preying on other algae — and it is this feeding mechanism that is now thought to be aided by the production of toxins.

In their study, the team led by Stefanie Lutz and Liane G. Benning investigated the biodiversity of snow algae and other microbial communities using high - throughput genetic sequencing.

It's the smell of bromophenols synthesized by algae from the bromine in seawater.

In the most recent (December 2003) issue of Progress in Oceanography, researchers suggest this whopping increase was caused by a sudden influx of dead algae rich in carotenoids, pigments used by some plants for photosynthesis.

This is the case of diatoms, algae consisting of a single cell surrounded by a silica skeleton, recommended by the European Union and Switzerland as one of the ideal bioindicators for rivers and lakes.

Although this may be bad news for the Baltic Sea and other areas plagued by this dinoflagellate, Kremp also noted that the short duration of most lab studies limits what we can know about how toxic algae may evolve over the next century.

A team led by UBC Botany Prof. Patrick Keeling sequenced the genome of Helicosporidium — an intracellular parasite that can kill juvenile blackflies, caterpillars, beetles and mosquitoes — and found it evolved from algae like another notorious pathogen: malaria.

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.

For example, the scientists write that disturbed coral reefs can be replaced by a group of species dominated by algae.

New work from a team led by Carnegie's Martin Jonikas published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals a protein that is necessary for green algae to achieve such remarkable efficiency.

The algae or bacteria produce carbohydrates through photosynthesis, some of which are absorbed by the fungi.

By May, Pseudo-nitzschia australis numbers had soared, sea lions were convulsing and dying, and water samples contained traces of domoic acid, the alga's deadly neurotoxin.

Biologists have long known that toxins produced by algal blooms — exploding populations of minute, marine algae — can accumulate in shellfish that graze on them.

The ALGIDA project coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland explored algae growing in Finland.

The project demonstrated the possibility of cultivating algae by using carbon dioxide source in the summer, when light is available and waste sugar in the winter.

The seed bank would add to efforts spearheaded by the US Smithsonian Institution, in collaboration with Hawaiian and Australian bodies, which are already banking coral sperm and embryonic cells.A final, important piece of the puzzle is the corals» symbiotic algae: these are shorter - lived and faster - evolving than their hosts, and research has shown that they can pass along thermal tolerance.