#trichodesmium

Journey to the Microcosmos- The Secret Things Living in Your Aquarium

Thinking outside the box?

How well plants – and plant-like organisms – will function with forecast elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 – and the attendant increases in temperature associated with climate change/global warming – is a legitimate topic of concern and subject for research investment. And, given the importance of marine phytoplankton organisms to global productivity, understanding how those phytoplankters might…

Algal Bloom at Esperance’s Port Beach

The Shire of Esperance is warning people to avoid contact with a sporadic algal bloom occurring at Port Beach, Esperance.

The Esperance Shire chief executive officer Matthew Scott said the bloom was likely to be Trichodesmium erythraeum – or more commonly referred to as red tide of sea sawdust.

“This type of algae can be identified by a yellow – brown surface scum with an oil slick appearance,…

Blue green algal blooms spark health alert for the Port Macquarie Hastings area

A health alert has been issued for the Port Macquarie-Hastings area due to a spate of algal blooms.

Water testing in the Camden Haven River, Googly’s Lagoon and the Hastings River at Settlement Point has detected marine blue green algae

The algae Trichodesmium is commonly known as ‘sea sawdust’.

The blooms are due to the current warm weather conditions.

Algae grows in rivers, beaches, lagoons,…