Allan Bloom

Background/ Introduction An algal bloom is an increase and accumulation of algae in freshwater or salt water systems. Most algae blooms are caused by blue-green algae. Blue-green algae is actually not algae at all, it is a cyanobacteria. A bloom can lead to a green, blue-greenish or reddish discoloration of the water, and if the algae bloom lasts long enough streaks or scums may appear on the water surface. (UBA. 2016) One harmful element of algae blooms is that they…

often leads to toxic algal blooms. These algal blooms are quickly fueled by the massive concentration of phosphorous as it is a required nutrient for their growth and as they grow to colossal sizes they have a dual negative effect on the water they inhabit. The first effect is drastically lowering the amount of oxygen within the water supply, which eventually kills all of the fish that inhabit it and the second is that many species of algae that form in these blooms also secrete toxins into the…

and Phosphorus are together the eutrophication will occur. This was shown in jars 2 and 4. One could argue that herbicides are worse in water than fertilizer. As stated in another study when herbicides get into water it does not always cause algae blooms but the algae that does grow there is a new strand and is referred to as “super algae”, algae that has adapted and will be harder to kill. The study referred to them as mutants. The study says “Rare, pre-selective mutations may allow the…

Toxicity Testing and Determining the LC50 Introduction This report discusses an experiment of Toxicity test done in Richland lab to determine the LC50, a test that is used to find out what concentration of a substance in this case household chemicals that will kill 5o percent of the population of the brine shrimps, with the exposure household chemicals such as , Ammonia, Bleach, and Vinegar, and the morality with each solutions. I and my group splitte the Brine shrimps into 4 containers,…

neurotoxin has been found in many new shellfish. Phytoplankton produces a natural acid called Domoic acids which in small doses it's harmless. However, when it is produced in excess it becomes poisonous to people. "The shellfish that eat these algae blooms don't seem to be affected by the toxin," said Morgaine McKibben, a Ph.D. student at the University of Oregon. But when other animals eat the shellfish they are affected in a very negative way. When it is ingested, it can…

in a Circle”: The function of space and Identity in Shani Mootoo’s Cereus Blooms at Night “However, I cannot escape myself, and being a narrator who also existed on the periphery of the events, in am bound to be present. I have my own laments and much to tell about myself. It is my intent, however, to refrain from inserting myself too forcefully.” This is a quote from the character Tyler in Shani Mootoo’s Cereus Blooms at Night. This shows Tyler’s character in his conscious determination to…

Whether they focus on fiction or nonfiction, all authors can easily be identified by something that makes their writing stand apart from others and that something can almost always be drawn back to their life experiences. Edgar Allan Poe, one of these such authors, had much death and loss in his life that influenced the way he thought, things he wrote about, and how he wrote. Easily noticed in all of Poe’s works, his imagination is gargantuan and hyperactive. Seen throughout all of his pieces…

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer from Boston, Massachusetts who, thanks to his poem, “The Raven”, became one of the most popular poets in the world. (Bloom 47) Some of his most famous poems include “To Helen”, “The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Raven”. Poe mastered the use of diction and tone to give the reader a sense of the grief he felt when he wrote his poems. (Dhahir 1) This was the main reason for the success of his poem “The Raven”. In his poem, “The Raven”, Edgar Allan Poe uses…

He then went to the West Point Naval Academy during 1830 and 1831. He was dismissed from West Point for insubordination. Poe went home to his foster parent where a very violent scene broke out. Poe was rejected by Allen, so Poe left for New York (Bloom 1999, 13; Untermeyer,…

This character can relate to Poe himself. Poe may be referring to himself, he may be thinking about what he could have done to save his wife. He may be thinking he could have locked Virginia up to keep her away from death. Poe may also be alluding to how he is trying to run from coping with her death or he is trying to run from death himself. In the story Prince Prospero has gone as far as to building a maze to keep himself away from the “Red Death”. Bettina L. Knapp describes the abbey as…