Effective management of phosphorus is needed to curb the rise of harmful algal blooms. Few studies have explored how algal ...

Chlorella vulgaris is a small species of microalga that is rapidly becoming the new champion in superfoods. It combines high ...

Harmful algal blooms occur when colonies of algae — simple plants that live in the sea and freshwater — grow out of control and produce toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, shellfish, marine ...

Triton is a company poised for disruption. The San Diego-based start-up, Triton Algae Innovations, is hitting all the right notes—plant-based, sustainable, synthetic biology—serving up what co ...

the group of organisms that can produce toxins in freshwater lakes such as Chautauqua, is one of several organisms that make up phytoplankton, the base of the food chain in our lakes along with plants ...

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have discovered an innovative method to tackle this problem by turning ...

“It answers the fundamental question of how the earliest land plants evolved from aquatic freshwater algae.” Yin’s lab in the ...

Water Research 46, 1349-63 (2012). Porter, K. G. The plant-animal interface in freshwater ecosystems. American Scientist 65, 159-170 (1977). Schindler, D. W. Eutrophication and recovery in ...

Unsung aquatic heroes Aquatic plants are often misunderstood as simple “lakeweeds” that get in the way of swimming, boating and other water recreation. This sentiment leads many shoreline owners ...