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Colony of a golden-colored algae called Dinobryon.

Colony of a golden-colored algae called Dinobryon.
Colony of a golden-colored algae called Dinobryon.
Colony of a golden-colored algae called Dinobryon.
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Colony of a golden-colored algae called Dinobryon.
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06/05/2012
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This delicate fan-shaped colony of a golden-colored algae called Dinobryon was found in a surprising placebeneath sea ice in the Chukchi Sea. Scientists had assumed ice blocked sunlight that microscopic marine plants like Dinobryon need to grow, so they were amazed to discover a massive bloom of phytoplankton thriving beneath the ice on an expedition in 2012. WHOI biologist Sam Laney captured images of under-ice phytoplankton (see slideshow) with the Imaging FlowCytobot, an automated microscopic imaging system invented at WHOI and specially adapted for use on icebreakers. Because of Dinobryons three-dimensional structure, some cells are in focus, while others are not.
Photo courtesy of Sam Laney
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