Category: Algae & Marine Plants

• Extracting information from fluorescence

  

  Cellular autofluorescence tells stories beyond expected when we learn how to look. Cytometry techniques used nowadays allow us to estimate microbial abundances and asses community composition. But could autofluorescence give us more?

  Aja Trebec

  November 2, 2025

  Algae & Marine Plants, oceanography

  autofluorescence, cytometry, flow cytometry, marine phytoplankton, Synechococcus

• Undust the dust

  

  We will be undusting a huge topic in science. Read more as we tackle into its complexity in understanding how it affects marine life.

  Aja Trebec

  February 27, 2023

  Algae & Marine Plants, Canary Archipelago, oceanography

  algae, Calima, Canary Islands, dust deposition, dust storm, oceanography, primary poductivity, Saharan dust, stress factor

• Biodiesel: a real alternative?

  

  Why don’t we use biodiesel in our daily life?

  maria95br

  March 21, 2022

  Algae & Marine Plants, biotechnology

  algae, biodiesel, cultivation, energy, lipids, non-renewable, stressconditions

• Green fuels

  

  As the oil wells are getting exhausted, humans have come up with ways to produce and use a different type of fuels, called biofuels.

  Aja Trebec

  February 13, 2022

  Algae & Marine Plants, biotechnology, Climate change

  bioapplication, biodiesel, biofuels, biotechnology, Dunaliella, green future, microalgae, Scenedesmus, sustainable, transesterification

• Deep Chlorophyll Maxima and Climate Change

  

  Climate change (warming) predictions describe a shift of phytoplankton distribution in the upper layer of the sea surface. This is because the reduction of mixing processes given by the rise of temperature increase the strength and duration of the stratification of water masses.

  maria95br

  January 22, 2022

  Algae & Marine Plants, Climate change

  climatechange, climatewarming, deepchlorophyllmaxima, environment, light-limited, nutrient-limited, phytoplankton, reducedmixing, safeguard