Algae Image Library
This Page is the "Gateway" to Bowling Green University Biology Department archive of 185+ digitized images. The archive consists mostly of light images of cleaned diatoms generated by Rex Lowe's labor...

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Bacteria - More Than Pathogens
There are more bacteria on Earth than there are humans. Bacteria: inhabit every environment on the planet, playing a key ecological role can be good for our health -- for example, by helping us d...

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Building Capacity of E. coli Monitoring By Volunteers: A Multi-State Effort
In October 2003, six upper Midwestern states were awarded funding through the USDA Cooperative State Research Education, and Extension Service(CSREES) National Water Quality Program to assess the qual...

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Chattahoochee Riverway BacteriALERT
How safe is it to swim, wade, and boat in the Chattahoochee River today? This website provides recent E. coli bacteria counts and National Park Service health advisories for two locations on the Chat...

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Chesapeake Bay Life
An on-line guide to the identification and natural history of common aquatic insects, fish, phytoplankton, zooplankton,benthos and bay grasses found in the Chesapeake Bay.

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Coliscan EasyGel
The Coliscan Easygel medium is a patented formulation for water testing. It contains a sugar linked to a dye which, when acted on by the enzyme ß-galactosidase (produced by coliforms including E. coli...

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Diatom Home Page
Intended as a central Web resource for those interested in, or actively conducting research on, the diatoms and related algae. This page contains information of general interest to diatomists and othe...

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Giardia: Drinking Water Fact Sheet
Since 1971, Giardia has been the most commonly identified pathogen in waterborne outbreaks reported in the United States. This EPA fact sheet describes the biology, occurrence, health aspects, and co...

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Great Lakes Diatoms
This work is intended primarily as a resource for professional biologists and ecologists. However, teachers, students, and anyone interested in the microscopic freshwater world will find this useful. ...

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Occurrence of Bacteria in Blue Marsh Lake and Selected Tributaries,
In fall 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Pennsylvania State University, in cooperation with Berks County Conservancy and in collaboration with USACE, investigated potential sources of f...

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