Algal Bloom (IMAGE)

University of Southern California

Algal Bloom

Caption

A fluorescence microscopic image showing an example of the phytoplankton and bacteria that David Needham and Jed Fuhrman observed during a five-month study of algal blooms. The large star-shape in the middle is phytoplankton; the larger green dots are bacteria or Archaea; and the tiny green dots are viruses.

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Courtesy of David Needham and Jed Fuhrman/USC

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