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Q: Which substance is responsible for the red color in red algae?
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What type of protist have chloroplast?

Algae: Green algae, even red algae but phycoerythrin over populates it which gives the red algae its red color.


What are the colors of algae?

Green is the color of algae........ some algae are green, Red, Brown, or Golden Brown


What color is a fire algae are?

Although all algae have chlorophyll not all kinds of algae are green. Fire algae are unicellular algae that are red in color because of too little oxygen in the water


Why are red tides often red in color?

red algae. small red plants that live in the water.


Why does my Coral have maroon and red color growing on it?

algae growth.


What color algae help to form coral reefs?

red


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lavender


What phyla are responsible for red tides?

Estuarine, marine, or fresh water algae is responsible for toxic red times. The algae accumulates rapidly in the water column discoloring the water's surface.


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What is algal boom?

Algal bloom is the process where algae turns the color red. This happens when there is a sudden burst of heat from the sun and the nutrients in the earth below the sea rise into the algae and some of the nutrients turns the algae red which in turn, makes the sea looks like it is the color red.


What color algae are important in the formation of coral reefs?

Red/pinkish.


Is Red Coralline Algae a plant?

No, it is a red algae, phylum Rhodophyta class Rhodophyceae. They can look similar to corals because they secrete a calcium carbonate substance into their cell walls.