Kindly identify the following green objects, found in entire water column during September, 2014 in South Eastern Arabian Sea. I thought it was protoplasm of Coscinodiscus. Or is it a colony of nanoplankton?
Thanks.
Perhaps fragments of cyanobacterial colonies? They look similar to species in Order Chroococcales.
These look like flowcam photos. They are mucilaginous amorphous aggregates of detritus containing fine clay particles, what appear to be some algae but also pollen grains and starch grain from higher plants but they are not clear and to properly ID you need to use higher power magnification.
Dear Madam, thank you. Absolutely the photos taken from FlowCAM. I'll try to get high resolution images.
A little hard to tell precisely but it looks like flocs of organic and inorganic materials.
Looks like detritus aggregates similar description in the answers (Nicolas Clercin and Hedy J. Kling). We see these aggregates in samples from our plankton tows. You may find sand particles mixed in with the detritus material as well.
If it is macro algal form, any algologist can identify up to genus levei, but it is highly difficult to identify with out any microscipic photographs. so better examine the algal bloom under the microscope and take the photogrph, then it will easy for identification. NOw it is possible to tell whether it is macro or micro algae......Thank you
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