Algal bloom

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title: Algal bloom
text: An algal bloom or algae bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in freshwater or marine water systems. It is often recognized by the discoloration in the water from the algae's pigments. The term algae encompasses many types of aquatic photosynthetic organisms, both macroscopic multicellular organisms like seaweed and microscopic unicellular organisms like cyanobacteria.  Algal bloom commonly refers to the rapid growth of microscopic unicellular algae, not macroscopi
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description: Spread of planktonic algae in water
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algal_bloom
date created: 2002-04-03T20:50:55Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T11:32:47Z
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