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Asterionellopsis
Asteromphalus
Bacteriastrum
Cerataulina
Chaetoceros
Corethron

Coscinodiscus
Cylindrotheca
Detonula
Ditylum
Eucampia
Guinardia
Hemiaulus

Lauderia
Leptocylindrus
Lioloma
Odontella
Pleurosigma
Proboscia
Pseudo-nitzschia
Rhizosolenia
Skeletonema
Stephanopyxis
Thalassionema
Thalassiosira

Thalassiothrix

Tropidoneis

 

 

Akashiwo
Alexandrium
Amylax
Ceratium
Cochlodinium
Dinophysis
Gonyaulax

Lingulodinium
Noctiluca
Oxyphysis
Oxytoxum

Polykrikos
Prorocentrum
Protoperidinium
Pyrocystis

 

 

Diatoms vs. Dinoflagellates
Toxigenic organisms
Red Tides and Harmful Algal Blooms

Silicoflagellates

Dictyocha


 

Anabaena (Cyanobacteria)

__Anabaena circinalis

__Anabaena flos-aquae

__Anabaena unknown

Aphanizomenon (Cyanobacteria)

Asterionellopsis formosa (Diatom)

Ceratium (Dinoflagellate)

Cylindrospermopsis (Cyanobacteria)
Cymbella (Diatom)

Dinobryon (Chrysophyte)

Fragilaria (Diatom)
Gloeocapsa (Cyanobacteria)
Microcystis (Cyanobacteria)
Nodularia (Cyanobacteria)
Oscillatoria (Cyanobacteria)
Planktothrix (Cyanobacteria)

Staurastrum (Chlorophyte)

Stephanodiscus (Diatom)
Woronichinia (Cyanobacteria)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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