Growing Algae Articles & Analysis: This-Year
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How Algae Produce Oxygen Algae, like land plants, contain chloroplasts with chlorophyll pigments that absorb sunlight. Chloroplasts are found within plant cells and algal cells, and are responsible for photosynthesis. Algae, like green plants, use chlorophyll to capture sunlight and produce oxygen. During daylight hours, these microorganisms transform carbon dioxide and water into glucose for ...
These can severely degrade water quality. Hence, achieving algae-free waterbodies is a necessity. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur when algae colonies grow uncontrollably in fresh water sources. ...