(algae)
61Golden algae — Dinobryon species from Shishitsuka Pond in Tsuchiura (Japan) Scientific classification Domain …
62Ice algae — is a general term used to describe all the various types of algal communities encountered in annual and multi year sea ice. The ice algal communities play an important role in primary production and are therefore considered an important part of… …
63blue-green algae — Biol. a widely distributed group of predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms of the subkingdom Cyanophyta, resembling phototrophic bacteria, occurring singly or in colonies in diverse habitats: some species can fix atmospheric nitrogen …
64green algae — any grass green, chiefly freshwater algae of the phylum Chlorophyta, often growing on wet rocks, damp wood, or on the surface of stagnant water. [1900 05] * * * ▪ algae division members of the division Chlorophyta, comprising between 9,000… …
65The blob (Chukchi Sea algae) — The blob is a term used to refer to a large mass of algae that was first spotted floating in the Chukchi Sea[1] between the Alaskan cities of Wainwright and Barrow in July 2009.[2] A notable feature of the mass is its length of at least 12 miles… …
66Snow algae — describes cold tolerant algae and cyanobacteria that grow on snow and ice during alpine and polar summers. Visible algal blooms may be called red snow or watermelon snow. These extremophilic organisms are studied to understand the glacial… …
67Shewanella algae — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Shewanella putrefaciens regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Alteromonadales familia = Shewanellaceae genus = Shewanella binomial = Shewanella algae Shewanella algae is a …
68red algae — marine algae of the phylum Rhodophyta, in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment. [1850 55] * * * ▪ protist members of the division Rhodophyta (about 4,100 species), predominantly marine algae often found attached to… …
69yellow-green algae — Biol. a group of common single celled and colonial algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having mostly yellow and green pigments, occurring in soil and on moist rocks and vegetation and also as a slime or scum on ponds and stagnant waters. Also,… …
70brown algae — noun algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments • Hypernyms: ↑alga, ↑algae • Hyponyms: ↑kelp, ↑fucoid, ↑fucoid algae, ↑rockweed, ↑serrated wrack, ↑ …
