Diatom

2.1 Microalgae. The term microalgae refer to the microscopic algae and the oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, i.e. the cyanobacteria, formerly known as Cyanophyceae (Richmond 2004). The word algae represent a large group of different organisms from different phylogenetic groups, representing many taxonomic divisions. In general algae can be referred to as plant-like organisms that are usually photosynthetic and aquatic, but do not have true roots, stems, leaves, vascular tissue and have simple…

Dinoflagellates are marine plankton, they are producers and have eukaryotic cells (meaning that the cells have a nucleus). Diatoms are unicellular, they are a type of algae. Cleaner shrimps free other organisms of parasites. Copepod are small crustaceans found in marine ecosystems. Ptereopods are a type of sea snail/slug. The type of squids, sharks and small fish found in a marine…

of continuous temperature(92F-33C) and salinity, unlike the changing environments of many other pupfish. They've been seen as deep as 66 feet, they find food and spawn exclusively on a shallow rock shelf near the surface, they eat the algae and diatoms found there. They are considered an annual species, with their historic population changing between 100-200 in the winter and 300-500 in the late summer. Their population count mainly depend on how much algae is on the shelf. Because of water…

Now, of course we use it to make a whole range of products from gasoline to Vaseline, rubber, plastics, pantyhose, parachutes, paint, detergents, antifreeze, golf balls, and more. Bitumen occurs where vast amounts of living material (plankton, diatoms, or plant material…

The beach has three major parts: beach face, berm and back beach. The area above the water, including the intertidal zone, is known as the beach berm. Beach berm can include vegetation, such as trees, shrubs, or grasses. The most familiar characteristic of a beach berm is its type of sand or rock (Marinebio.net, 2014). Along the backshore, accumulations of wind-blown sand may form sand dunes, and when these are sufficiently stable they become consolidated by a characteristic dune vegetation, for…

Amphibolite is a foliated metamorphic rock. The orientation of the foliation is 251/75. It has a gneiss foliation and stripes of minerals segregation. Minerals such as white Quartz, shinny Plagioclase, green Amphibole, and pistachio green (yellowish) epidote were seen on the fresh surface. Greenschist is coarse grained metamorphic rock that contains minerals such as yellow epidote, flakes of mica and green serpentine and chlorite. Metasediments with various colors were seen such as Quartzite…

Recognized as being one of the richest sedimentary basins in petroleum and gas for its comparatively small size, the Los Angeles Basin is a Neogene age sedimentary basin whose complex formation history makes it a unique marvel of the western continental margin (Ward, 1994). In order to understand the importance that the discovery of oil has had in the Los Angeles Basin, we look to the events that have taken place in the basin itself that created the conditions necessary for the formation of oil.…

Environmental parameters Vs Plankton Incidents: The graphs presented in figureX to figureX, environmental parameters observed at different sites in each area are presented area wise along with the harmful plankton incidents observed. Average temperature, dissolved oxygen and salinity observed each day at each farm site is used to plot these graphs. There has been a notion that with drop in salinity, which means freshwater run off, there would be increase in nutrients and supporting higher…

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations or also known as CAFO’s are another cause for the contamination of water. CAFO’s are giant livestock farms where thousands of chicken and cows are housed into small confinements and live in horrible conditions. When so many animals are stored in a limited space manure will become a problem for the farm, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, “CAFOs produce some 300 million tons of untreated manure each year (about twice as much as is generated by…

The purpose of this experiment was to analyze meso- and microzooplankton feeding. Largely due to size differences, mesozooplankton (>140 μm) are important exporters of carbon and prey for larger organisms, while microzooplankton (100–140 μn) are important recyclers of nutrients, dominant grazers of phytoplankton, and key link in the microbial loop (Conroy et al., 2016; Uitto and Hallfors, 1996). Therefore, understanding this relationship between zooplankton and grazing will allow scientists…