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There Are No "Algae Blooms"

Algae bloom [sic] toxin linked to Alzheimer's, other diseases

As it happens, I am a researcher with biological solutions to the harmful algal bloom problems in Lake Erie. Algal toxins, the microcystins, so polluted the drinking water of Toledo several years ago that it was undrinkable for a few days.

Indications of poor biology education and biological ignorance appear in all sorts of writings and reports on algae and the environmental and health problems they can generate (including the referenced link). Here's the problem (the grammatical one).

Look it up. "Algae" is only a plural noun, not an adjective. The adjective is "algal." The singular is "alga." This mnemonic clarifies the issue:

One alga, many algae; all of which are algal.

No, neither Lake Erie nor Florida have "algae blooms." Properly, correctly they are "algal blooms," often with environmental toxins of concern.