Figure 7 in Epilithic biofilms of the Eastern Caspian (Aktau region, Kazakhstan) under conditions of falling sea level

Figure 7. Algal-bacterial mat (a) formed in longitudinal puddles (marl folds) on the upper pseudolittoral by mid-April 2023 (location 5). A fragment of the mat at x400 magnification (b), the structural basis is formed by mucous colonies of the smallest cyanobacteria. Designations: np – Navicymbula pusilla, chl – Chroococcus limneticus, lpo - Leptolyngbya ochridana, gl – Gomphosphaeria aponina. Scale bar: a — 5 cm, b — 20 µm. Photos by Philipp Sapozhnikov.