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January 14, 2009 Video clips from ICWUnidentifiedSample 1 / January 14, 2009* salt_water_001 - Pleurosigma and Unidentified Microbe # 001 - January 14, 2009UNIDENTIFIEDhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYsb6f7TVkkSpeculating this may be pollen, which relatively common in marine phytoplankton samples. The original *.avi file is not available on the web.UnidentifiedSample 2 / January 14, 2009*

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Plankton sample taken from Atlantic Ocean/Intracoastal Waterway on January 5, 2009

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Plankton sample taken from Atlantic Ocean/Intracoastal Waterway on January 5, 2009Pleurosigma dotted with black spots inside.

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Mystery Microbe (January 5, 2009 #46)Plankton sample taken from Atlantic Ocean/Intracoastal Waterway on January 5, 2009Ocean Microbe (January 5, 2009 #48)Ocean Microbe (January 5, 2009 #49)Ocean Microbe (January 5, 2009 #50)Ocean Microbe (January 5, 2009 #55)Ocean Microbe (January 5, 2009 #57)Ocean Microbe (January 5, 2009 #59)Ocean Microbe (January 5, 2009 #62)Here's that ocean microbe, and

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Dinoflagellate and Coscinodiscus (January 5, 2009 #18 and #20)This began the first of several clips where a new organism is encountered (in my collections) that appear to have one of the photosynthetic "eye spots".Sea Creature with Light-Sensitive Eyespot (January 5, 2009 #26)Sea Creature with Light-Sensitive Eyespot (January 5, 2009 #27)Sea Creature with Light-Sensitive Eyespot (January 5, 2009

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Plankton sample taken from Atlantic Ocean/Intracoastal Waterway on January 5, 2009.Dinoflagellate (January 5, 2009 #13)Dinoflagellate (January 5, 2009 #17)Dinoflagellate and Coscinodiscus (January 5, 2009 #18)This began the first of several clips where a new organism is encountered (in my collections) that appear to have one of the photosynthetic light-sensitive "eye spots".Dinoflagellate (

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In this video, the Coscinodiscus is laying flat, and currents in the water cause the Coscinodiscus to move and turn on its side, revealing its true three dimensional shape.These are just a few of the many great angles caught on Coscinodiscus. A more extensive collection of photos is available on the Coscinodiscus Blog.

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This is an interesting little critter. It is sweeping organisms around it, and causing a swirling motion in the water.

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A common diatom. I haven't been able to identify yet. I've seen a lot of these.I would say that it is either a Coscinodiscus dividing or a Melosira....Nice work,Allison--Allison Sill, JHT Inc. ContractorProgram CoordinatorPhytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Researchhttp://

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Cool critter!It's an Amphiprora....Sharon wrote:Can you please identify this unusual organism?Diatom, I would presume.--Allison Sill, JHT Inc. ContractorProgram CoordinatorPhytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Researchhttp://www.chbr.noaa.gov/PMN/ http://www.jht.com/

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Caught this beauty on the S.E. U.S. I.C.W.Shrimp Boat and Dredge Boat, Intracoastal WaterwayPelican

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This amazing creature with its proto-eye was found among Atlantic ocean plankton on microscope slide.

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Oddly shaped Pleurosigma, at corner of microscope slide.

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The yellow disk is a Coscinodiscus, the purple oval disk is Oblea and the sticklike branch is Thalassionema.More of the mysterious purple oval disk.Terri Hathaway wrote:looks interesting! should be an easy one to identify with its distinctive shape and 2 rows of cilia.TerriDr. Morton says that the pink compressed dinoflagellate is Oblea with a super big food vacuole. So neat!!!Thanks for sharing,

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More photos (at different depths through the Coscinodiscus) are on the Coscinodiscus blog.

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"Your strange brown microbe is an Akashiwo dividing - cool picture!"Allison Sill, JHT Inc. ContractorProgram CoordinatorPhytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research219 Fort Johnson RoadCharleston, SC 29412-9110http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/PMN/http://www.jht.com/ Mystery MicrobeBrown and

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This video was taken on October 12, 2008, from a salt water sample from the Atlantic Ocean. The plankton rendered abundance of many diatoms, including some dinoflagellates.

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