class Cyanophyceae

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class Cyanophyceae - photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae

class Cyanobacteria, Cyanophyceae

Cyanophyta, division Cyanophyta - prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)

blue-green algae, cyanobacteria - predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton

family Nostocaceae, Nostocaceae - blue-green algae

family Oscillatoriaceae, Oscillatoriaceae - blue green algae

class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

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West -- -- -- Tetraedron gracile Hansgirg -- -- -- Pandorina sp -- -- -- Pediastrum sp -- -- -- Micrasterias sp -- -- -- Microspora sp -- -- -- Mougeotia sp -- -- -- TOTAL INDIVIDUAL COUNT 4 4 7 CLASS DINOPHYCEAE Ceratium sp -- -- -- Gymnodinium sp 50 -- -- Perinidium cinctum (Muller) Ehrenberg -- -- -- Perinidium sp -- -- -- TOTAL INDIVIDUAL COUNT 50 0 0 CLASS EUGLENOPHYCEAE -- Euglena sp -- -- -- Phacussp 2 -- -- TOTAL INDIVIDUAL COUNT 2 0 0 CLASS CYANOPHYCEAE Lyngbya sp -- 2 -- O.

Survey on phytoplankton biomass and water parameters in the habitats of invasive tigers shrimps (Penaeus Monodon) in Nigeria

In the site TR, 50% of the descriptive species belongs to the class Bacillariophyceae, and in the site DW, 50% of the descriptive species, to the class Cyanophyceae.

Effects of intensive fish-farming and domestic wastewater on the periphytic algal community in a tropical coastal lagoon (Juara, Brazil)/Efeitos da piscicultura intensiva e de efluentes domesticos na comunidade de algas perifiticas em uma lagoa costeira tropical (Juara, Brasil)

(sp.1) and Pseudanabaena muscicola (sp.7), all belonging to the class Cyanophyceae, with higher representativeness in the dry period (May 2007) at points 1, 3, 4 and 5 (Figure 4).

Structure of the phytoplankton community in the Cachoeira Dourada reservoir (GO/MG), Brazil