ice alga

English

krill feeding on saltwater ice algae

Noun

ice alga (plural ice algae)

1. Algae adapted to grow on ice, different species growing on freshwater and saltwater ice.

See also

• watermelon snow
• Mesotaenium berggrenii, Ancylonema nordensskioldii (freshwater ice algae)

Further reading

• ice alga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia