Noun
A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAt times, the alga Dunaliella salina can also proliferate in this environment. Source: Internet
San Giorgio in Alga, off the coast of Venice, Italy, was left uninhabited after World War II. Source: Internet
This invasion reduced the kelp population by breaking their fronds, so that its place as the dominant "vegetation" in some areas was taken by another invader, the large alga Codium fragile tomentosoides. Source: Internet
An extract from brown alga, Laminaria ochroleuca, has been found to reduce skin inflammation. Source: Internet
Some organisms can take opportunistic advantage of a similar process, where they engulf an alga and use the products of its photosynthesis, but once the prey item dies (or is lost) the host returns to a free living state. Source: Internet
The alga Colpomenia peregrina was introduced and first noticed in 1906 by oyster fishermen in the Bay of Biscay. Source: Internet