A National Ocean Service/National Center for Coastal Ocean Science Program
Phytoplankton Monitoring Network
Promoting a better understanding of harmful algal blooms by way of volunteer monitoring
Phytoplankton Pictures
Volunteer Reported Blooms
volunteer reported bloom images
Species: Akashiwo sanguinea, Pseudo-nitzschia, Rhizosolenia, Skeletonema, Synechoccus
Diatoms
light microscope and SEM images
Species: Amphiphora, Asterionella, Bacillaria, Bacteriastrum, Chaetoceros, Coscinodiscus, Ditylum, Eucampia, Guinardia, Navicula, Nitzschia, Odontella, Pleurosigma, Pseudo-nitzschia, Rhizosolenia, Skeletonema, Thalassionema, Thalassiosira
Dinoflagellates
light microscope and SEM images
Species: Akashiwo sanguinea, Ceratium furca, Ceratium fusus, Ceratium longipes, Dinophysis, Gambierdiscus toxicus, Prorocentrum lima, Prorocentrum micans, Protoperidinium
Mystery Plankton Archive
Archive of Mystery Plankton since August 2006
Submit a Picture
Have a good picture of phytoplankton that you took with your MIC-D? Save the image as a .jpg or .tif file and e-mail it to Jeff Paternoster. Please include your name, the date and the magnifcation at which the image was taken.
