Wayne Wurtsbaugh
Registered: January 2000 Posts: 497

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Luxuriant periphyton (algae) growing along rocks, Capachica Peninsula, Lake Titicaca, Peru.
Lake Titicaca is moderately productive (mesotrophic), and supports considerable primary production from periphyton (seen here), phytoplankton, and macrophytes. Photo, 1974.
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