noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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green
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Complete removal of green algae from the aquarium is very difficult unless chemicals are used.
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Now it's choking with thick green algae .
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Filamentous green algae are seldom a nuisance unless they are allowed to reproduce excessively.
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I wish to eventually add invertebrates to this tank. Green filamentous algae can be a big problem in some tanks.
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Summer often brings a green coloration caused by dense growths of unicellular green algae stimulated by excess light.
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The tank has green hairy algae all over the rocks, heaterstat, gravel and glass.
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This may contain phosphates, sulphates and nitrates in abundance - enough to start a green algae plague.
■ VERB
grow
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They graze on the algae that grow on the coral.
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There was algae and seaweed growing on the top layer of bamboos, which was certainly not there before.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Current cryptogamic research areas include: diatoms, algae , fungi, lichens, bryophytes and ferns.
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Cyaniding a reef, on the other hand, kills the reef, by allowing bacteria and algae to set in.
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So the algae hang on as debilitating parasites rather than evolving towards benign cooperation.
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Specific ways of checking individual groups of algae are discussed below.
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There are changes in the number and species of protozoans, algae , and bacteria.
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There was algae and seaweed growing on the top layer of bamboos, which was certainly not there before.
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White fluorescent light increases the rate of growth of this plant while apparently not encouraging unwanted algae formation.
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Yves Rocher Dynamic Corp Bio-Vegetal range includes gel, tonics and creams all with a high proportion of sea algae .