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This reminded me that I have forgotten a lot of my biology for the benefit of microbiology. :-)
Fascinating to see them in person, nonetheless. More than seeing them in books! -)
Southgate (near Swansea), South Wales, UK. 19Jun2008
international-ocean-station.org/blog/labs/ocean_cookbook/
Kiel, Baltic Sea, North Germany, Algae Research
WIth Nadine Freischlad and Tobias Leingruber. Thanks to Professor Levent Piker, Coastal Research and Managment www.crm-online.de
Years ago my middle school students studied and photographed filamentous green algae in the classroom, under the microscope. I snagged this one to test out the camera and as a practice shot, to prepare to show them the necessary technique.
This photo is a bit out of focus, so it doesn't illustrate how excellent that little Coolpix was for this type of photography.
The study included samples from Upper Klamath Lake and surrounding canals serving agricultural fields. Shown here is graduate student, Lindsay Collart, carrying out water sampling. Photo provided by OSU College of Science.
A nicely colored algae culture caught my eye in the experimental section of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro. I had to be in San Pedro on a non-related matter the other day and I had not been at the aquarium in a few years. So I decided to stop and I was happy to notice that they expanded their facilities and have two whole sections where biologists work with marine plants and animals, one of them dedicated to kid.
San Pedro, city and county of Los Angeles, California
weather was perfect for shooting after days of raining, the sun finally came out and every was green.
international-ocean-station.org/blog/labs/ocean_cookbook/
Kiel, Baltic Sea, North Germany, Algae Research
WIth Nadine Freischlad and Tobias Leingruber. Thanks to Professor Levent Piker, Coastal Research and Managment www.crm-online.de
Not sure why, but I ended up working a lot with this picture and now I can't decided which version I like the best, so I am uploading all four! Taken in the grounds of Michelham Priory, England.
Aquarium at the end of April with water crystal clear. There was an algae bloom but it was temporarily gone.
international-ocean-station.org/blog/labs/ocean_cookbook/
Kiel, Baltic Sea, North Germany, Algae Research
WIth Nadine Freischlad and Tobias Leingruber. Thanks to Professor Levent Piker, Coastal Research and Managment www.crm-online.de
Turns out they're not making the car fuel of the future, more the super-food of the future.
The algae are excellent for making the popular Omega3 oils and that's great cause then you don't have to kill off fish to make the oils.
They had open house during Christmas but I missed that, too bad.
Here's a short video about them on a site called Mashable:
mashable.com/2017/11/15/algae-farms-crop-of-the-future-ov...
Their website:
A rare and unusual specimen of algae preserved in clear chalcedony. Originally it would have been growing in silica-rich run-off from geothermal hot springs. Kaueranga Valley, Thames
A massive late-stage algal bloom on Upper Klamath Lake. The turquoise color is algal pigments being released during cell death. Photo provided by OSU College of Science.
Some of the earliest Eukaryotic organisms ever uncovered, though it is still far younger in age than fossil discoveries of Archeal cyanobacteria.
Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana
Large Riff Raff rocks at Lexington,Michigan Harbor. It was a rainy Summer. This boulder got some lake waves to splash, thus causing growth of algae.
I scooped up some algae from a neighbors exposed stream. It looks
like a marine blue/green variety. I am going to try and send it off
for testing. I am curious about oil content and the species type. If
our local algae has 30% or more lipids it would be a good choice for
diesel oil alternatives. Otherwise I'll just buy some B. Braunii or
D. Salina strains which have been used more than other algae strains
for fuel production research.