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Wayne Wurtsbaugh



Registered: January 2000
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Snow algae "bloom" in the spring. Resting stages in the soil, when wetted, hatch and migrate up through the snow to reach high light intensities. Their pigments turn the snow pink. Snow algae are being studied by limnologists who are interested in life on other planets.
· Date: March 5, 2004 · Views: 33,689 · Filesize: 38.5kb, 66.7kb · Dimensions: 1439 x 919 ·
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Keywords: algae snow extreme environment

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