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Indicator taxa
Estuaries
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Cyanobacteria
Diatoms
Green algae
Red algae
Cyanobacteria
Oscillatoria
(Oscillatoriaceae)
Cells shorter than wide
Factsheet
Diatoms
Cerataulina
(Hemiaulaceae)
Chloroplasts visible inside cells are brown
Factsheet
Green algae
Cladophora glomerata
(Cladophoraceae)
Filaments are one cell wide
Factsheet
Monostroma
(Monostromataceae)
Colony comprised of cells in flat sheets or skeins; cells lack contrictions
Factsheet
Ulva (ex Enteromorpha)
(Ulvaceae)
Filaments macroscopic
Factsheet
Red algae
Caloglossa
(Delesseriaceae)
Filaments more than one cell wide
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Compsopogon
(Compsopogonaceae)
Filaments more than one cell wide
Factsheet
Bostrychia
(Rhodomelaceae)
Filaments more than one cell wide
Factsheet
![[Oscillatoria], Kaikorai estuary, X640. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/oscillatoria2__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg)
![[Cerataulina], lower Taieri River, X160. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/cerataulina160__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg)
![[Cladophora], Wairuna River, Otago. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/cladophora2__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg)
![[Monostroma], Taieri River estuary, X8. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/monostroma8__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg)
![[Ulva], Waipori estuary, Otago, X320. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/ulva320__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg)
![[Calaglossa], lower Taieri River, X6. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/calaglossa6__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg)
![[Compsopogon] bloom, Herekawe Stream, X200. Photo: Taranaki Regional Council](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/compsopogon200__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg)
![[Bostrychia], Waipori River, X6. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/bostrychia6__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg)