Latest Diatoms Stories
Nitrogen in ocean waters fuels the growth of two tiny but toxic phytoplankton species that are harmful to marine life and human health, warns a new study published in the Journal of Phycology.
Every morning when the sun comes up, the ocean ground is radically cleaned.
Scientists discover how "Didymo" algae bloom in pristine waters with few nutrients.
SAN DIEGO, May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers from the J.
Diatoms account for a large proportion of the phytoplankton found in the water, and live both in the open sea and in freshwater lakes.
LSUâ€™s Sibel Bargu, along with her former graduate student Ana Garcia, from the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences in LSUâ€™s School of the Coast & Environment, has discovered toxic algae in vast, remote regions of the open ocean for the first time.
Adding iron to ocean water, believed to be an effective way to absorb carbon dioxide and fight global climate change, could actually be poisoning marine life.
Scientists at NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have successfully conducted the first remote detection of a harmful algal species and its toxin below the ocean's surface.
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