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Also Known As alga • Phycophyta • algas

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“mermaid's wine glass” algae
sea lettuce
toothed wrack
Halimeda discoidea
Volvox
red tide
drying edible algae
algae aquaculture
kelp
oarweed
How phytoplankton function and survive in the ocean
What causes algae blooms?
Turning sewage into green crude oil: How does it work?
Take a microscopic look at how a eukaryotic flagellate's flagellum propels the organism through water
Dark reactions in photosynthesis explained
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Ferdinand Cohn
Ferdinand Cohn
German botanist
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle
American oceanographer and explorer
Hooker, Sir William Jackson
Sir William Jackson Hooker
British botanist
Nathanael Pringsheim.
Nathanael Pringsheim
German botanist
Per Teodor Cleve
Swedish chemist
Gustave-Adolphe Thuret
French botanist

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