Great Lakes Water Life Photo Gallery
Algae
Division Chlorophyta
Nephrocytium spp.

Profile: 4-16 cells enclosed in the mother cell wall. Cells to 50um. Plankton.

Littoral - N. agardhianum, N. lunatum, N. obesum

Variable - N. ecdysiscepanum (rare), N. limneticum (Gloeocystis limneticus)

Nephrocytium spp.

GLNPO - Plankton of the Great Lakes