ALGAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does algal mean? 

• ALGAL (adjective)
  The adjective ALGAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to alga

  Familiarity information: ALGAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALGAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to alga

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

alga (primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves)

Derivation:

alga (primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves)

 Context examples 

The Sargasso Sea is located on the western edge of the central Atlantic Ocean and named after its popular algal resident.

(Satellites Find Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World, NASA)

Lake Erie experiences harmful algal blooms every year.

(Research reveals harmful algal blooms' daily cycles, National Science Foundation)

The lichens can do this because their algal component is able to produce the oxygen needed by the fungal component.

(Simple animals could live in Martian brines, Wikinews)

These nutrients stimulate massive algal growth that eventually decomposes, which uses up the oxygen needed to support life in the Gulf.

(Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured, NOAA)

Further comparative studies focusing on other distantly related land plants and their aquatic algal predecessors should reveal even more information about the evolution and role of these vital gene families.

(Ancient defence strategy continues to protect plants from pathogens, University of Cambridge)

As a result, kelp forests face a potential shortage of nitrogen just as long summer days are poised to fuel algal growth, said lead author Joey Peters.

(In search of an undersea kelp forest's missing nitrogen, National Science Foundation)

A healthy reef provides home to a diverse group of marine animals, including herbivores that in turn help control algal growth.

(Microbes reflect the health of coral reefs, National Science Foundation)

Scientists at the Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health showed that shifts in metabolic functions of freshwater cyanobacteria present in toxic algal blooms take place according to the time of day.

(Research reveals harmful algal blooms' daily cycles, National Science Foundation)