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  2. Algae - Wikipedia

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    Algae can be used to capture fertilizers in runoff from farms. When subsequently harvested, the enriched algae can be used as fertilizer. Aquaria and ponds can be filtered using algae, which absorb nutrients from the water in a device called an algae scrubber, also known as an algae turf scrubber. [129] [130]

  3. Volvox - Wikipedia

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    Volvox is a polyphyletic genus of chlorophyte green algae in the family Volvocaceae. Volvox species form spherical colonies of up to 50,000 cells, and for this reason they are sometimes called globe algae. They live in a variety of freshwater habitats, and were first reported by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in 1700.

  4. Red algae - Wikipedia

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    Two kinds of fossils resembling red algae were found sometime between 2006 and 2011 in well-preserved sedimentary rocks in Chitrakoot, central India. The presumed red algae lie embedded in fossil mats of cyanobacteria, called stromatolites, in 1.6 billion-year-old Indian phosphorite – making them the oldest plant-like fossils ever found by ...

  5. Portal:Algae - Wikipedia

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    A very large algae bloom in Lake Erie, North America, which can be seen from space. An algal bloom or algae bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in fresh water or marine water systems. It is often recognized by the discoloration in the water from the algae's pigments.

  6. Valonia ventricosa - Wikipedia

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    Valonia ventricosa, also known as bubble algae, sea grape, [2] or sailor's eyeballs, [3] is a species of algae found in oceans throughout the world in tropical and subtropical regions, within the phylum Chlorophyta. It is one of the largest known unicellular organisms. [3] [4] Valonia ventricosa in the Red Sea

  7. Is Algae Oil the New Fish Oil? - AOL

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    These algae can be found everywhere there is water and are the food for many other [forms of] marine life,” he says. Algae is neither a plant nor an animal, but is part of the protista kingdom ...

  8. Laurencia - Wikipedia

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    Laurencia can be found all over the world, in particular in tropical and subtropical regions with warmer waters. [citation needed] Its habitats range from tide pools, reef flats, mud flats, and a variety of hard substrates (e.g. rocks, corals), within intertidal and subtidal zones up to 65 m. [4]

  9. State: Toxic blue-green algae found in Lake O, exercise caution

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    Blue-green algae are a type of bacteria common in Florida’s freshwater environments. A bloom usually occurs when algae accumulate and create floating matts that emit foul odors.