tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333022669307805072012-02-16T06:04:57.522-08:00The Night Owlnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533302266930780507.post-7749140841044961392009-01-06T13:03:00.001-08:002009-01-08T15:46:47.869-08:00

Plankton sample taken from Atlantic Ocean/Intracoastal Waterway on January 5, 2009.Guinardia (January 5, 2009 #44)

The Night Owlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533302266930780507.post-19361190528058905222008-12-13T23:44:00.001-08:002008-12-14T15:01:20.142-08:00

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The Night Owlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533302266930780507.post-81988236890561362982008-10-23T16:53:00.000-07:002008-10-23T17:33:26.439-07:00

A Guinardia (center) and Coscinodiscus sets nearby (above).

The Night Owlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533302266930780507.post-52698869654362339442008-10-21T12:06:00.000-07:002008-10-21T18:23:01.825-07:00

It's not doing much.. but this diatom is sitting in a position where it's coiled and spiraling upward. For this reason, part of it remains out of focus at different levels.Guinardia from a 3-D perspective. This little ring of Guinardia protrudes upward on the slide, so it must be viewed at differing levels.

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Here are two Guinardia (diatom), and a pair of Rhizosolenia (below) in the process of a cell division or mating. Some diatoms reproduce sexually and asexually.

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