Jul 14, 2009

bloom

Some 14 days ago there was a heat wave (as in: a few days when the temperatures rose above 22 C) and so we had growth of luxurious proportions in our experimental flumes:



These filamentous algae are not the same as the smaller planctonic algae which cause the dreaded toxic algal blooms. They are just the chaps nobody wants to tread on when getting into a fresh water lake because they're dreadfully slimy. They are a food source and only take over if there are too many nutrients in the water - and too much sun :)

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23 comments:

Jane said...

Awesome shot, yes the weather has only just started to change-I love your header of the bluebell patch.

Carletta said...

Makes for a mysterious image.
Nice shot!
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mick said...

Very interesting photo. You have caught the algae very nicely. I couldn't help chuckling at your temperatures. Its winter here and that was our temperature yesterday :-) Its a very different world!

RH said...

Uuh. But nice picture!

Jenn Jilks said...

Wow! Very interesting.

Dagrun said...

Ouh, that's a cool shot!

Marju said...

Beautiful!!!

Maggie May said...

It really does look mysterious with ghostlike qualities!

Unknown said...

Wow, greatly captured bim. And I do hate to step on when there's so much algae, I feel there are monsters grabbing my feet. LOL.

Anonymous said...

You make algae look nice! That is amazing!

Guy D said...

Such an intriguing photo, well done.

Have a great day
Guy
Regina In Pictures

Ebie said...

Slimy? Hmm, I won't step on them algae. But the pictures are very clear and detailed. Thanks for your visit.
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auringonkukka :) said...

so beautiful photo :)
and have a nice week!

Anonymous said...

Very nice capture! It reminds me of some mold I cleaned off the side of my garage after it rained for an entire month.

Jonathan Dror said...

Wow!
What a great photo!

Jessica The Rock Chick said...

Wow-I've never seen anything like that! Did you take that picture underwater? That is very cool!

Anonymous said...

Intersting info and shot.

srp said...

I remember these.. that slimy feeling in a lake... you make them look much nicer than they feel.
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Ladynred said...

Interesting and cool shot!

Denise said...

An enjoyable and fascinating image.

Arija said...

Womderful shot, I often photograph algae in flowing water, that bright green flowing like hair is ust beautiful.

mimi said...

lovely post.

Tulip said...

such a fantastic shot.