The "green algae" is the most diverse group of algae, with more than 7000 species growing in a variety of habitats. The "green algae" is a paraphyletic group because it excludes the Plantae. Like the plants, the green algae contain two forms of chlorophyll, which they use to capture light energy to fuel the manufacture...
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Architects of earth's atmosphere. ... Because they are photosynthetic and aquatic, cyanobacteria are often called "blue-green algae". This name is convenient for talking about organisms in the water that make their own food, but does not reflect any relationship between the cyanobacteria and other organisms called algae.
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The green algae (singular: green alga ) are the large group of algae from which the embryophytes (higher plants) emerged. As such, they form a paraphyletic group, although the group including both...
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Micscape Magazine for enthusiast microscopy ... A very diverse groups of freshwater algae are the Chlorophytes or Green algae. Based on the compounds of the photosynthetic pigments and several other characteristics they seem closest related to plants.
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Green Algae make up the division Chlorophyta, which includes about 7,500 species of eukayotic, unicellular organisms. Some of the unifying characteristics of this division include similar photosynthetic pigments that make up the chloroplast, which include Chlorophylls a and b, and a -, b -, and g -carotenes;
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Research on the Biology and Control of Toxic Blue-green Algae under Project Leader, Dr Gary Jones (CSIRO, Australia). ... Green Algae: Chlorophyta.A site with lots of photographs of green algae.
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Chlorophyll pigments in the seaweed are what gives this group of algae their beautiful green color. Chlorophyll a and b absorb the red light which is available in shallow waters, but not in deeper water. Because of this, green seaweeds are most plentiful in the shallow intertidal zone.
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Students at Hopkins Marine Station have done research projects on these green algae: Enteromorpha, Ulva, Bryopsis, Codium fragile , Codium setchellii and Cladophora. ... Over 5,000 species of green algae are known, mostly unicells or simple filaments from fresh water, but there are diverse green algae in tropical...
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Invasive Algae Home Red Algae Green Algae Brown Algae Seagrasses Glossary...
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