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Phytoplankton Monitoring Network

Promoting a better understanding of harmful algal blooms by way of volunteer monitoring

Phytoplankton Pictures - Volunteer Reported Blooms

Noctiluca scintillans Bloom, Ketchikan, Alaska June-August 2008 (Reported by University of Alaska Southeast. Photo credits: Gary Freitag and Barbara Morgan )

Ketchikan, Alaska June-August 2008 (Reported by University of Alaska Southeast. Photo credits: Gary Freitag and Barbara Morgan ) Ketchikan, Alaska June-August 2008 (Reported by University of Alaska Southeast. Photo credits: Gary Freitag and Barbara Morgan ) Ketchikan, Alaska June-August 2008 (Reported by University of Alaska Southeast. Photo credits: Gary Freitag and Barbara Morgan ) Ketchikan, Alaska June-August 2008 (Reported by University of Alaska Southeast. Photo credits: Gary Freitag and Barbara Morgan )

Corethron Bloom, Skidaway River, GA (reported by MECA on 5/3/2007)

Skidaway River, NC (reported by MECA on 5/3/2007) Skidaway River, NC (reported by MECA on 5/3/2007) Skidaway River, NC (reported by MECA on 5/3/2007) Skidaway River, NC (reported by MECA on 5/3/2007) Skidaway River, NC (reported by MECA on 5/3/2007) Skidaway River, NC (reported by MECA on 5/3/2007)

Volunteer Reported Blooms in 2005

2005 volunteer reported blooms

Akashiwo sanguinea Bloom, McClellanville Town Dock, McClellanville, SC

Sampling at the landing Akashiwo sanguinea Bloom - McClellanville Town Dock, McClellanville, SC

Pseudo-nitzschia Bloom, Corp of Engineers Research Pier, Duck, NC

sapling group Pseudo-nitzschia Bloom - Duck, NC Pseudo-nitzschia Bloom - Duck, NC Pseudo-nitzschia Bloom - Duck, NC

Rhizosolenia Bloom, Folly River, Folly Beach, SC

Rhizosolenia Bloom - Folly River, SC Rhizosolenia Bloom - Folly River, SC

Skeletonema Bloom, Bass Pond, Kiawah Island, SC

Skeletonema Bloom - Kiawah Island, SC Skeletonema Bloom - Kiawah Island, SC Skeletonema Bloom - Kiawah Island, SC Skeletonema Bloom - Kiawah Island, SC

Synechoccus Bloom (a blue-green algae), Dewees Island, SC

Synechoccus Bloom - Dewees Island, SC Synechoccus Bloom - Dewees Island, SC