Lake Sunapee Protective Association

Gloeotrichia echinulata

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Gloeotrichia echinulata, a blue-green alga, has recently been blooming in Lake Sunapee. This pamphlet describes some of Gloeotrichia’s characteristics and details the alga’s life
cycle within a lake.


Date published on web site: 09-01-2007

A Gloeo colony dividing into two new colonies in the water column.