Algal bloom. Photo by Willis Elkins, Newtown Creek Alliance.
HarborLAB’s founder and executive director, Erik Baard, also happens to be a journalist. This week he wrote about a surprising microbial discovery on the Newtown Creek for Gothamist. Here’s the story: http://gothamist.com/2015/04/16/newtown_creek_shows_signs_of_poop-g.php
Mistaken for an algal bloom: DEP sewer trace dye. Photo by Erik Baard of HarborLAB.
Eutreptiella under magnification. Photo by Sarah Durand, PhD, LaGuardia Community College.
Eutreptiella under magnification. Photo by Sarah Durand, PhD, LaGuardia Community College.
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