Cylindrothecia diatoms and a Ciliate in the Weep

Cylindrothecia is the dominant microorganism in the Weep stream of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Reserve near Drawbridge. Shown here at 200x magnification.

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• science
• ecology
• DBWeep

[WLanier]

This particular videomicrograph was made with a Swift FM-31 LWD Field Microscope and a Nikon Coolpix 885 digital camera. The microscope illumination was from an LED flashlight. See Hiking With A Field Microscope web site and Hidden Ecologies BLOG site for more details.

[WLanier]

Actually, to be honest, I use YouTube to hold videomicrographs for our Hidden Ecologies web site.

[khlova]

The last one was probably a volvox. they are the coolest organisms of the protista kingdom

[bradmann85]

lots of duct tape for all that. lol cool video though. that thing looks like a hairy bean.. the only things ive seen moving under a microscope was yiest, brine shrimp, and some round cell rolling around like a ball in and out of focus from water in a muddy ditch

[jah3570]

very nice. What kind of equipment do you use to capture the video and what type of lighting is this?

[farceadentus]

lol