Water is hugely important to everyone's health and wellbeing. But it feels even more central down here in Southwest Florida. Restoring the Everglades. Hurricanes. Droughts. Red Tides. Algae blooms. Fishing. Beaches and tourism. Providing fresh water to a rapidly growing population. It goes on and on.
I attended a symposium about water. One of the more interesting presenters was Dr. Barry Rosen, a scholar and professor at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Dr. Rosen is a phycologist, i.e., one who studies algae. Last year he published a scholarly book about identifying freshwater algae, featuring numerous color microphotographs to aid in classification, including those of harmful algal blooms.
Dr. Rosen says "I'm all about algae, photo documenting common and rare forms in high resolution, full color images to assist the next generation of phycologists with better tools for their identification. Harmful algal bloom research too."
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