Pronunciation of algae

Pronunciation of the English word algae.

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Pronounce algae in English


algae in a sentence

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1. While there are many different types of algae found floating in the ocean all around world, the Sargasso Sea is unique in that it harbors species of sargassum that are holopelagic. This means that the algae not only freely floats around the ocean, but it reproduces vegetatively on the high seas. Other seaweeds reproduce and begin life on the floor of the ocean.
2. Phosphorus provides nourishment for cyanobacteria (blue algae) which multiply and release toxins.
3. There are algae in the sea.
4. It smells of salt and algae.
5. Algae and plankton are at the bottom of the food chain.
6. Algae feed large swarms of Antarctic krill, which are the main food for large predators, including the region’s Adélie penguins.
7. In the northeast Pacific, a widespread bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia algae stretched off the North American coast from southern California to British Columbia during spring and summer 2015.
8. Like the trees in a forest these giant algae provide food and shelter for the many organisms dependent on these plants.
9. The famous white-sand beaches of Hawaii, for example, actually come from the poop of parrotfish. The fish bite and scrape algae off of rocks and dead corals with their parrot-like beaks, grind up the inedible calcium-carbonate reef material (made mostly of coral skeletons) in their guts, and then excrete it as sand.
10. The primary culprits in eutrophication appear to be excess nitrogen and phosphorus—from sources including fertilizer runoff and septic system effluent to atmospheric fallout from burning fossil fuels—which enter waterbodies and fuel the overgrowth of algae, which, in turn, reduces water quality and degrades estuarine and coastal ecosystems.

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