Scientists identify a new marine fungus that attacks toxic algae, offering insight into natural controls on blooms that ...

Marine algae: general aspects (biology, systematics, field and laboratory techniques) / Tomás Gallardo -- Searching for ecological reference conditions of marine macroalgae / Rui Gaspar, João M. Neto ...

The glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup has been found to trigger the loss of biodiversity among phytoplankton communities in freshwater ponds. In their experiments, scientists found that while some ...

Figuring out how, as a planet, we can eat more sustainably is going to be an ongoing issue as the world becomes more populated and the climate crisis intensifies. And, from munching on protein-packed ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. — In a drop of freshwater from Lake Michigan lives algae and zooplankton, the foundation of the Great Lakes food chain, essential to the functioning of its multi-billion dollar fishery ...

A growing seaweed industry based on the production of alginate, a thickener used in the food, textiles and pharmaceutical industries, has driven a boom in harvesting of kelp off the coasts of Chile ...

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Researchers have found that ocean acidification limits algal communities to a state of low diversity and complexity. Communities grown in waters rich in carbon dioxide (CO2) were dominated by turf ...

Study of wave turbulence suggests that highly mobile species and more diverse ecological communities may be more resilient to the effects of changing environmental conditions. As the world's climate ...