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Tag Archive: cyanobacterium

Jul 08

Slimy brown scum – it has a name

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Farming with the farmer, Rae's Blog, Random rural yarns, Seabirds and environment

by Rae Roadley

Anticipating cultured conversation after a local theatre performance, we retired to the bar for a night cap. But as this is a rural area, talk was all about an entirely different type of culture – a strange gooey, gunky and shiny brown growth. I’d first spotted it while being a marshal for the Rally of …

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Tags: Blue Green Algae, cyanobacterium, fallen star, Love at the End of the Road, nitrogen, NIWA, Northland Regional Council, Nostoc commune, Rae Roadley, star jelly

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