manatee grass (Angiosperm)
turtle grass (Angiosperm)
turtle grass
Shoal grass
Shoal grass (Angiosperm)
surf grass (Angiosperm)
mat of hair-like strands of
blue green algae
hair-like strands of Cyanophyta
Pencillus (shaving brush)
Pencillus (shaving brush)
Chlorophyta
Penicillus (chlorophyta)
Acetabularia (mermaid’s wine glass)
Chlorophyta
Mermaid’s wine glass ( Acetabularia )
Halimedea (Chlorophyta)
Halimedea (Chlorophyta)
Halimeda (Chlorophyta)
Caulerpa (Chlorophyta)
Caulerpa (feather algae)
Chlorophyta
Udotea (Chlorophyta)
Ulva (sea lettuce)
Ulva (sea lettuce) Chlorophyta
Codium (green algae)
Fucus (Phaeophyta)
“tar spot algae” Phaeophyta
kelp fronds and stipe (brown algae)
float,stipe and fronds of
Phaeophyta
hollow float of Phaeophyta
warm water Fucus
( Phaeophyta )
planktonic Sargassum
( Phaeophyta )
giant kelp
Kelp forest
Kelp forest blocks light
KELP FOREST
kelp bed on the surface
Padina (warm water Phaeophyta)
Giant kelp fronds and floats
(Phaeophyta)
float and stipe of kelp (Phaeophyta)
Sargassum fronds and floats
(Phaeophyta)
bull kelp stipe, float and fronds
( Phaeophyta )
Giant kelp (near the surface)
(Phaeophyta)
Sargassum (warm water Phaeophyta)
Giant kelp fronds, floats and stipes
(Phaeophyta)
Padina (Phaeophyta)
Goniolithon (Rhodophyta)
encrusting coraline algae
(Rhodophyta)
holdfast and stipe of kelp
Kelp float and fronds
sea palms (Phaeophyta)
sea palms (brown algae)
holdfasts, stipes, and fronds
of Phaeophyta in the littoral zone
Fucus (Phaeophyta)
floats of boa kelp (phaeophyta)
Rhodophyta (Mediterranean Sea)
small, warm water Rhodophyta
Diatom (Chrysophyta) golden algae
Coccolithophore (Chrysophyta)
Coccolithophore
(Umbellosphaera irregularis)
Coccolithophore (Umbellosphaera tenius)
Coccolithophore (Chrysophyta)
Light blue coccolithophores
diatom (Chrysophyta) “golden algae”
diatom ( Chrysophyta)
diatoms (golden algae)
Chrysophyta
diatoms
diatom
diatom
diatoms
diatom
diatom
diatom
dinoflagellates
dinoflagellate
dinoflagellates (Pyrrophyta)
bioluminescence of dinoflagellates
kelp and fucus (Phaeophyta)
dinoflagellate
dinoflagellate
dinoflagellate
Dinoflagellate showing flagella
red tide fish kill
( Florida 1996 )