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http://www.piscoweb.org/cgi-bin/qml/newalgaequery.qml

Research Community Structure has marine algae photos and information regarding the various species. There are many photos.

http://www.bigelow.org/hab/index.html

Toxic and Harmful Aglal Blooms is a site which describes the aalgal malefactors behind deadly blooms such as ciguatera fish poisoning and paralytic shellfish poisoning, explains their effects on humans and other organisms, and uncovers the chemical details of their poisons. Species within the phytoplankton genus Alexandrium, the culprits in paralytic shellfish poisoning, can taint shellfish with saxitoxin, a toxin that the US once stockpiled as a potential chemical weapons.

Updated: Sunday, March 30, 2008.