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Hot spring cyanobacteria, West Fork San Juan River, Colorado
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Wayne Wurtsbaugh
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A hot spring gushes from the rock a few meters above the West Fork of the San Juan River, Colorado. The high temperature (ca. 100 F)allows cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) to dominate and grow in the nutrient-rich water.
Photo: 31 July 2009
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Keywords: Hot spring cyanobacteria, West Fork San Juan River, Colorado
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