The word 'algal' is correct and commonly used in written English
It is an adjective that describes something related to, or resembling, algae. An example of using 'algal' in a sentence could be: "The pond was covered in a thick layer of algal growth, making it difficult for sunlight to reach the aquatic plants beneath."
The report stated the wastewater discharge is potentially impairing the reproduction of sensitive invertebrate and algal species, including a species of water flea and freshwater green algae.
A merger of environment and climate change research programs into the new National Environmental Science Program will save $21.7m, while funding for biofuels and algal technology – an innovation often promoted by environment minister Greg Hunt – has been cut by $5m.
Although they are unpleasant, algal blooms might not justify expensive remedial action.
Creating gigantic algal blooms risks using up all the oxygen in large parts of the ocean, killing anything else that lives there.
The British government's former chief scientist, Sir David King, recently declared that algal bio-diesel is a "real solution" to fossil-fuel dependence if only energy requirements of the production process can be renewably sourced.
To achieve the abundant algal growth necessary, a substantial amount of water, carbon dioxide and fertiliser are required.
But what if it were possible to control an algal bloom, and use it to absorb such nutrients before they escape to the wider environment?That is the idea behind a technology developed by Algal Scientific, of Northville, Michigan.
Some have linked this filth to the growth of toxic algal blooms.Compared to terrestrial agriculture, fish farming is young, and it has a lot of growing up to do.
Dr Jackson argues that the oceans are becoming dominated by microbes, toxic algal blooms, jellyfish and disease.Yet these are not insoluble problems.
Much is washed off by rain, ending up in local watercourses where dissolved nutrients can cause algal blooms and kill fish.
The US Navy has used tens of thousands of litres of its algal fuels in exercises, and Propel, an American chain of filling stations, recently became the first to offer algal diesel.
