Green Coastal Waters (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Green Coastal Waters

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Coastal waters can turn green as shown here at Waimanalo Beach (left panel) when tiny single-celled algae in the genus Tetraselmis (inset) grow to high concentrations.

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Lydia Baker, UH Manoa, SOEST

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