Riverwatch Captain's Log
This log is meant to inspire Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper's Riverwatch Captains to collaborate and exchange thoughts, ideas, and issues concerning their river monitoring experiences.
This log is meant to inspire Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper's Riverwatch Captains to collaborate and exchange thoughts, ideas, and issues concerning their river monitoring experiences.
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Great blobs! Looks like freshwater algae... but there are lots of kinds.
Here's a good book on the subject which I do not own: http://www.modernmicroscopy.com/main.asp?article=56
Here's a website designed for aquarium people but it has some good pics & descriptions:
http://www.aquahobby.com/articles/e_freshwater_algae.php
It's been a pretty busy year for algae overall, because of high temps early in the year and consistent rains washing in nutrients from the upper watershed. We had a big outbreak in Hoyt Lake in August.
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