Synura sphagnicola can be preferentially found in sphagnum ponds. Typical are the reddish oil droplets they bear in plasma.Sample from sphagnum pond Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). This image was taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera. For high-resolution images please ask postmaster@protisten.de.
Uroglena spce.The scale bar indicates 10 m. From the algae culture of the University Duisburg-Essen (Germany). This image was taken using Zeiss Axioplan with DSLR Canon 600D.For high-resolution images please ask postmaster@protisten.de.
Sargasso Weed,Sargassum natans gathers in large mats in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Storms breaks up these mats and they then drift via currents all over the Atlantic. Little gas floats allow this brown algae (Phaeophyta) to ride atop the waves in the open ocean.You REALLY need to see this one at full-resolution: www.flickr.com/photos/nashworld/7068343447/sizes/o/in/pho... ...to appreciate the hydroids covering almost the entire surface of this algae.
A seeweed known as Huiro Palo massively harvested in Chile for export as a thickening agent in foods and cosmetics. The ecological consequences can be devastating.
Synura uvella.Scale bar indicates 25 m.Collected from a pond on the isle of Hiddensee (German Baltic Sea). The image was built up using several photomicrographic frames with manual stacking technique. The images were taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.For high-resolution images please ask postmaster@protisten.de.
Specimen of Characiopsis spec, probably Ch. acuta. The microscope is focussed on the chloroplast. Digital drawing using 6 frames generating depth of focus, stacked manually using Corel Photopaint . Aufwuchs on Oedogonium which itself was Aufwuchs on roots dangling in a creek. This image was taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera. For high-resolution images please ask postmaster@protisten.de.
Spumella rivalis.The scale bar indicates 10 m. From the algae culture of the University Duisburg-Essen (Germany). This image was taken using Zeiss Axioplan with DSLR Canon 600D.For high-resolution images please ask postmaster@protisten.de.