- Domain and Kingdom
- Eukarya
- Protista
Characteristics- Eukaryotic
- Unicellular (e.g. green algae Figure 1) and multicellular (e.g. brown algae Figure 2)
- Sexual and asexual reproduction
- Photosynthesis
Field of Study
- Microbiology
- Parasitology
- morphology
- protozoology
- helminthology
- eptomology
Affects on Us
- Positive
- food sources (e.g. seaweed Figure 3)
- turns co2 into carbohydrates
- Negative
- algae bloom