Green algae on Lady Bird Lake (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Green algae on Lady Bird Lake

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Benign green algae cover an anchor pulled from Austin’s Lady Bird Lake. The collaborative study with UT’s Institute for Geophysics and the City of Austin will learn about the algae in Austin’s lakes and whether the emergence of toxic cyanobacteria are related and influenced by similar drivers.

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Brent Bellinger/City of Austin

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