Nodularia spumigena 2

Below are images of the blooming cyanobacteria Nodularia spumigena.

A beach with surface accumulating Nodularia spumigena. Photo: Helena Höglander.

A beach in Nynäshamn with surface accumulations of the cyanobacteria Nodularia spumigena. Photo: Helena Höglander, Information Office for the Baltic Proper, County Administrative Board of Stockholm.

Thick surface accumulations of Nodularia spumigena in a harbour. Photo: Helena Höglander

Thick surface accumulations of the cyanobacteria Nodularia spumigena in Nynäshamn´s guest harbour, July 9, 2005. Photo: Helena Höglander, Information Office for the Baltic Proper, County Administrative Board of Stockholm.

Boat in thick porridge-like accumulation of Nodularia spumigena. Photo: Helena Höglander

Thick, porridge-like, surface accumulation of the cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena. The grey-white dots are bacteria that are decomposing the Nodularia-filaments. These accumulations, which are most common close to shores and bays, usually have strong a smell of putrefaction. Photo: Helena Höglander, Information Office for the Baltic Proper, County Administrative Board of Stockholm.