The Bay has experienced harmful algae blooms 2 years in a row ☹️

📢 We need your help to prevent future outbreaks!

Tell the Water Board to follow the science & reduce the pollution that leads to algae growth: https://baykeeper.org/action-alert/algae-blooms-new-normal

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@mike_malaska
It steals the plastids from a CILIATE who stole the plastids from the cryptophyte! This is called kleptoplasty and the resulting plastids in the Dinophysis called kleptoplastids. Now I didn't even get into the toxin Dinophysis produces, okadaic acid... Don't worry though, it's actually not a strong toxin and it is debated whether or not we actually need to monitor for it because it does not conclusively cause many problems. 2/2

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