Friday, October 23, 2009

Blueprints On A Kitchen Island

"pea crabs" in the Red Sea

In the plankton nets in the Red Sea I found a couple of crabs, which were the size of peas. For me, I named it "Erbsenkrebschen. They were brown, not at all transparent, like other planktonic animals. I shot two, a smaller, probably younger animal, a zoea larva, and a larger, looked pretty grown up. First four pictures of the younger, it dislocated his together, then it opens and we see the abdomen folded. Blue eyes:





slowly opens and closes the Zoea the abdomen to the back.




Now we see the creatures of the real site:




- the abdomen is stretched trust:





A large, possibly adult "Erbsenkrebschen", about 8 mm in diameter.
first looked at the back, right below the two eyes:




view of the abdomen. The bird has become quite eingekugelt, curled. The abdomen almost black, folded. The two shears are protective against the stomach. The eyes are a transparent envelope: increased mapped




The area of the mouth and the sensor. The scissors are dotted with dye carriers (chromatophores). To the left scissors in a red worm has stuck:






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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Thank You For Referral Cards

larvae from the North Sea coast



larvae
we call the young animals, which are still different from the adults. Many larvae live their lives in the plankton. Plankton is the community of plants and animals that float in water. Most of the larvae to sink to the seabed when they are large (though not always grow up).


My photographs of "Plank Tern" are made true to life as possible, so true colors as I understand it, and in reflected light (ie not as silhouettes).


polychaete larvae (Protophora-type) in the southern North Sea.



In The following little series you see larvae of crabs, such as beach crab and the like, which I could not be accurately determined. It's all about me to show the living colors and shapes, an aesthetic but not necessarily a scientific task.


about the technology, I'll report in another post: the art of photography plankton on board.


The first two images represent Zoea larvae, the stage, which floats freely and easily in water, while their then upcoming megalopa larvae float just clumsy and fall.


First, a zoea of front, the second (the same animal) from behind:






now follow two megalopa larvae, which look similar, they measure 3 mm
well and are still in pending stage :





Bigger is this animal, I think I've found it near the sea floor. First, the "head" from above, and then the whole animal, about 6 mm wide:





And here is a good 10 mm megalopa on a piece of algae:




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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Teachingsolutions.org Scam

late summer - not only for old women

The summer is coming to an end. Meteorological it's all gone, but the sun has probably not yet seen. Is also good if we here at the lake yet in a gray mist must sink. In the morning, while it is usually not as bright and the sun has to fight many times, but I am amazed at how well they have mastered their fight in the last days ever.

breaks, for me, hopefully also the last semester for this study and the winter will make sure easier to sweep back to the desk. An examination and the thesis, then made it. For this, but then one or the other party must sometimes take place without me. Fortunately
is now over and the Oktoberfest Dirndl can again be shelved. Until the next successful event it will take almost two months - the Christmas market. But so far wants to even think of any safe now. And until then, there is still the 'normal' parties.