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: Entomoneis, Asterionellopsis, 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.
Image Use
If you would like to use any image(s) on this site, please contact Dr. Steve Morton at 843-762-8857 or steve.morton@noaa.gov. He will provide you with the proper procedures for image use.
