The Freshwater Ecology Laboratory at Connecticut College has developed an interactive, web-based, computerized identification key for freshwater algal genera using Lucid software. Our key is designed ...

Coralline algae, a group of calcified red algae, play a critical role in marine ecosystems by contributing to reef stability and acting as ecosystem engineers. Taxonomically, these algae are ...

Since the 1980s, in seaweed farms dotted along the coastline of the subtropical islands of Okinawa, farmers have cultivated the edible brown alga, Okinawa mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus). Popular in ...