Cyanobacteria Identification

  • Cyanobacteria Identification

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

The process of assessing the potential danger of cyanobacteria in a water body includes several steps. Step 3 focuses on the identification of cyanobacteria present in the sample.

 

Step 1 | Bloom Detection  Step 2 | Field Sampling  Step 3 | Identification  Step 4 | Toxin Testing

 

  Step 3| Identification of Cyanobacteria  

 

Select Cyanobacteria image collections

Phycotech Cyanobacteria (Blue Green) Genera Image Gallery

Toxic Cyanobacteria of New Hampshire: The “Dirty Dozen” (University of New Hampshire)

CyanoScope cyanobacteria guide (iNaturalist)

PhycoKey Cyanobacteria Image-based Key (University of New Hampshire)

Cyanosite Image Gallery (Purdue University)

BioLib.cz Galeria (Czechoslovakian site)

Identification Guide to the blooms of Cyanobacteria (French site)

Submit your Cyanobacteria image to be identified

CyanoScope (Cyanobacteria Monitoring Collaborative)