Ecologically harmful algal blooms (IMAGE)

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Ecologically harmful algal blooms

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Jennifer Wisecaver, associate professor of biochemistry at Purdue University, looks for genetic variation in single-celled algae associated with algal blooms. Appearing on the monitor are specimens of Prymnesium parvum, which cause ecologically harmful algal blooms worldwide, including across much of the United States.

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Purdue University photo/Tom Campbell

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