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Institute for Sea Research

Microalgae

Microalgae are microscopic algae living in both the water column and sediment.  They are unicellular species which exist individually, or in chains or groups. Together with bacteria, they form the base of the food web and provide energy for all the trophic levels above them.

Smile, you're on camera
Smile, you're on camera
UU-NIOZ-project | Combining in situ imaging and machine learning to build an automated observation-monitoring platform for zooplankton.
Jerico-Next
Jerico-Next
Project | Understanding algal bloom dynamics by combining data on phytoplankton distribution, abundance and diversity.
The rhythm of the year
The rhythm of the year
Info | Since the early 1970s, developments in phytoplankton in the Marsdiep have been closely followed by NIOZ scientists.
EMODnet
EMODnet
Atlas | The development of a common method of access to biological data held in the repositories at NIOZ 'an atlas of European marine life.
Invasion of Sctenophores
Invasion of Sctenophores
Project | Ctenophores are considered to be important predators and hence components of planktonic ecosystems.
IN PLACE
IN PLACE
Project | Optical techniques that measure the photo-synthetic activity of phytoplankton, including the promising FFR fluorometer.

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