trapped.........

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:29 am

let the image speak by itself....

if someone can identify what is trapped please let me know

NIKON E-PLAN 40X/0.65 no stacking

Haris.A

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:40 pm

Hello Haris,

the alga is Zygnema (Zygnematales), the animal: a rotifer, the trap is: air.

Franz

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:15 am

Very interesting. Was the algae moving, like a cyanobacteria?

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:45 am

Mitch640 wrote:Very interesting. Was the algae moving, like a cyanobacteria?

I did'nt notice any movement . The strange thing is that when i first prepare the slide the algae were in random positions but after several hours when i relook them they were parallel to each other without leaving any space between them.
Maybe is some kind of movement or is due to water drying .

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:03 am

I have seen drying water move the small things on the slide into "sandbars" as it dries up. Maybe it did the same thing to the strands of algae.