Sentences with phrase «of microscopic algae»

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.

Every spring, the Mississippi River funnels a rush of nutrients into the gulf that fuels an explosion of growth of microscopic algae called phytoplankton.

As the LRAUVs move through the ocean, they collect information about water temperature, chemistry, and chlorophyll (an indicator of microscopic algae) and send this data to scientists on shore or on a nearby ship.

One beneficiary of this young researcher exchange program was Matthew Julius, who studies the evolution of diatoms, a group of microscopic algae, now at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.

Over the oceans, some contain organic or biological ingredients (bacteria, degradation products of microscopic algae) which come from sea spray, others are transported in the air (mineral dust, smoke).

Sandia National Laboratories biochemist Carolyn Fisher examines a beaker full of microscopic algae eaters called rotifers being grown for the DISCOVR project.

The first took place from June to August 2011, when large numbers of diatoms (a type of microscopic alga) bloomed near the surface, then sank rapidly to the seafloor.

Not exact matches

He studied remains of two organisms — a microscopic algae and the waxy coating of mangrove leaves — for clues to the amount of past rainfall.

Corals, the animals that famously build reefs, get most of their energy and color from microscopic algae that live inside their tissue.

To find out what eats what in this ecosystem, fisheries ecologists Jason Turner and Jay Rooker of Texas A&M University in Galveston first analyzed the composition of fatty acids in Sargassum, a green algae that grows on seaweed fronds, and phytoplankton — microscopic organisms that photosynthesize like plants.

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.

The study focused on three of the most common microscopic algae in the Chesapeake Bay that can produce toxic or nuisance conditions when they become very abundant.

Pseudo-nitzschia is a microscopic algae that occurs naturally in coastal waters, and is of particular concern due to its production of the neurotoxin domoic acid.

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

While algae and other microscopic plants, which form the base of the marine food chain, are vital to a healthy ecosystem, too much can cause murky water, reduce sunlight and oxygen levels, and ultimately cause harm to marine life.

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.

«Ancient marine algae provides clues of climate change impact on today's microscopic ocean organisms.»

Phycologists consider seaweed to refer any of a large number of marine benthic algae that are multicellular, macrothallic (large - bodied), and thus differentiated from most algae that tend to be microscopic in size.

How do certain microscopic algae — that is, types of phytoplankton — cause harm to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, seabirds, and people?

The abundance of some zooplankton (i.e. microscopic crustaceans in the water that eat algae) was lower at higher salt concentrations, but not low enough to cause a bloom of algae.

Microscopic algae living underneath sea ice are an essential source of food in the Arctic ocean.

Moser is an expert in diatoms, which are microscopic algae that have cell wall made of opaline silica.

Diatoms are microscopic algae that have cell wall made of opaline silica.

It is really a type of algae and can range in size from microscopic to 100 feet in length.

Chlorella is a microscopic single - cell freshwater algae which has been found in numerous studies to be an amazing health promoting superfood used to treat some of the most deadly diseases, such as cancer, Alzheimer's, and AIDS.

DE is composed of finely ground Diatoms which are one celled microscopic algae whose walls consist of two parts and contain a mineral called silica.

Diatomaceous earth, sometimes referred to as «DE,» is a natural substance that is actually created from the remains of diatoms, microscopic water plants that are like algae.

Imagery of microscopic biological life found in the peatlands adorn the interior spaces of the cylinders, bringing attention to the invaluable contribution these unseen algae play in the carbon cycle.

The bright colors (and food source) of healthy coral come from the microscopic algae that live inside coral tissues.

As nutrients remain stuck at the bottom of the lake, organisms ranging from microscopic algae to fish can be threatened.

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.