Great Lakes Water Life Photo Gallery
Blue-green Algae
Cyanophyta
Anabaena spp.

Anabaena spp.

Cyanosite - Purdue University

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Hawaii Botany

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GLNPO - Plankton of the Great Lakes
Ohio University

A. circinalis, A. flos-aquae, A. spiroides, A. aequalis, A. affinis, A. augustumnalis, A. azollae, A. bornetiana, A. catenula, A. felisii, A. helicoidea, A. inaequalis, A. lapponica, A. levanderi, A. limnetica, A. macrospora, A. oscillarioides, A. planctonica, A. scheremetievi, A. subcylindrica, A. torulosa, A. unispora, A. variabilis, A. verrucosa, A. viguieri, A. wisconsinense

Taxonomy and Scientific Profile: Cyanodb

Scientific Profile: Biological Sciences, University of Paisley - Biodiversity Reference - Anabaena

Profile: unbranched filaments composed of spherical cells

planktonic, epiphytic or epibenthic, bloom-forming

Some species/strains may produce toxins (anatoxins, saxitoxins, microcystins, and lipopolysaccharides)

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