Every morning when the sun comes up, the ocean ground is radically cleaned.

Scientists discover how "Didymo" algae bloom in pristine waters with few nutrients.

SAN DIEGO, May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers from the J.

Diatoms account for a large proportion of the phytoplankton found in the water, and live both in the open sea and in freshwater lakes.

LSU’s Sibel Bargu, along with her former graduate student Ana Garcia, from the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences in LSU’s School of the Coast & Environment, has discovered toxic algae in vast, remote regions of the open ocean for the first time.