algal bloom

English

An algal bloom

Pronunciation

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Noun

algal bloom (countable and uncountable, plural algal blooms)

1. A dense spread of algae on the surface of water.

   Hyponym: red tide

Derived terms

• FHAB
• HAB

Translations

dense spread of algae

• Afrikaans: algebloei
• Armenian: ջրի ծաղկում (ǰri caġkum)
• Belarusian: цвіценне вады n (cvicjennje vady)
• Catalan: flor d'aigua m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水華／水华 (shuǐhuá), 藻華／藻华 (zǎohuá)

• Czech: vodní květ m
• Danish: algeopblomstring c
• Dutch: algenbloei (nl) m
• Esperanto: algoflorado
• Estonian: veeõitseng
• Finnish: leväkukinta
• French: efflorescence algale f
• Galician: floración de algas f
• German: Algenblüte f
• Greek: άνθιση φυτοπλαγκτού f (ánthisi fytoplagktoú)
• Icelandic: þörungablómi n
• Japanese: 水の華 (みずのはな, mizunohana)
• Kazakh: судың гүлденуі (sudyñ güldenuı)
• Korean: 조류 대증식 (joryu daejeungsik)
• Maori: pūkohu ngaruru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vannblomst m

• Polish: zakwit m
• Portuguese: eflorescência algal f
• Russian: цвете́ние воды n (cveténije vody)
• Slovene: cvetenje voda f
• Spanish: proliferación de algas f
• Swedish: algblomning (sv) c, vattenblomning c
• Tamil: பாசித்திரள் (pācittiraḷ)
• Turkish: alg patlaması
• Ukrainian: цвіті́ння вод n (cvitínnja vod)
• Vietnamese: nước nở hoa

Further reading

• algal bloom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Algal blooms on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons