Algal bloom Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae
About Algal bloom
Although most such "blooming" species are microscopic, the concentrations are big enough to change the colour of the water and often give the impression of flakes. For cyanobacteria the result is green, for some algae red ("red tides"). It has been argued that one of the plagues described in the Bible where the Nile supposedly turned into blood, refers to an algal bloom, if the event is historic at all. The bloom is a result of favourable conditions, such as large amounts of nutrients and suitable weather. It is not related to flowers, the species involved reproduce in other ways. The involved classes of organisms are not necessarily harmful in general. Indeed, cyanobacteria are believed to have made the earth inhabitable for species breathing oxygen, and the chloroplasts in algae and plan
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