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"January 26, 2015" - Lab 1: Biological Life at AU
 
The transect I received was Transect 5; located on the main campus, right next to the benches and cement patio-like thing in the middle of the quad. Surrounding the patio are bare rose bushes, ferns and a normal bush that was also bare due to the winter. These plants were planted in a planter that went from point D (the northwest corner that was on the edge of the planter) to point B (the southeast corner). Point C was 8.5 steps to the west of point B, so it is in the middle of the planter. Point C is 32 steps from point D; which if you are standing at point C, point D is to your northwest on a diagonal. Point B is 28 steps south of point A, and point A is 24 steps east of point D. The vast majority of the transect was plain grass, with the only non-grass area being the planter. The planter by far had the most components in it. In the planter we found rose bushes, bushes, and ferns (all biotic); we also found soil, snow, rocks, woodchips, cement and leaves (all abiotic). We did find two more biotic features on the grass though; clovers and grass.
 
Bush Type 1 (rose bush)
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0e/e3/e8/0ee3e85c0d64e216c8bc9f8dea337014.jpg
Bush Type 2
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/99/d9/58/99d958ecd2c5eda6cfd84037d250156f.jpg
Soil/Woodchips/Rocks/Snow
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/36/bb/3e/36bb3ee84e64602895dd37a6fdee7c49.jpg
Grass
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/06/bc/e8/06bce833869f906555e7bf125f25bdc5.jpg
Fern
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/4b/9b/59/4b9b5979689afe03338016f3beb16fab.jpg
 
Corner A looking at Corner B
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c9/a5/ff/c9a5ff8d6e08c17cedf04d8823a00c28.jpg
 
Corner A looking at Corner D
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/46/59/b0/4659b0bd56c1f4dc12de24239366dbad.jpg
Corner D looking at Corner A
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/57/97/cb/5797cbc3b03b6cef5c776d72960bfa3b.jpg
Corner C looking at Corner D
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/d9/b9/44/d9b944cd8707d6b696895b3408c41401.jpg
 
 
 
"January 27, 2015" - Lab 2: Identifying Algae and Protists
 
The first thing you notice about the culture is the smell; crap, literal crap. It just smells awful. Visually, it looks like everything rose to the top; grass, leaves, etc. There also appears to be a film-like cover formed on the surface of the water. Under this layer of much is yellowish water with strands of grass going through it. Bellow the middle part of the culture, it appears as though all the dirt has fallen to rest at the bottom of the jar.
 
We took two samples from the culture; one from the top and one from the bottom of the water. These organisms would differ

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January 21, 2015 - I made this. MS


"January 26, 2015" - Lab 1: Biological Life at AU

The transect I received was Transect 5; located on the main campus, right next to the benches and cement patio-like thing in the middle of the quad. Surrounding the patio are bare rose bushes, ferns and a normal bush that was also bare due to the winter. These plants were planted in a planter that went from point D (the northwest corner that was on the edge of the planter) to point B (the southeast corner). Point C was 8.5 steps to the west of point B, so it is in the middle of the planter. Point C is 32 steps from point D; which if you are standing at point C, point D is to your northwest on a diagonal. Point B is 28 steps south of point A, and point A is 24 steps east of point D. The vast majority of the transect was plain grass, with the only non-grass area being the planter. The planter by far had the most components in it. In the planter we found rose bushes, bushes, and ferns (all biotic); we also found soil, snow, rocks, woodchips, cement and leaves (all abiotic). We did find two more biotic features on the grass though; clovers and grass.

Bush Type 1 (rose bush) http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0e/e3/e8/0ee3e85c0d64e216c8bc9f8dea337014.jpg

Bush Type 2 http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/99/d9/58/99d958ecd2c5eda6cfd84037d250156f.jpg

Soil/Woodchips/Rocks/Snow http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/36/bb/3e/36bb3ee84e64602895dd37a6fdee7c49.jpg

Grass http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/06/bc/e8/06bce833869f906555e7bf125f25bdc5.jpg

Fern http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/4b/9b/59/4b9b5979689afe03338016f3beb16fab.jpg

Corner A looking at Corner B http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c9/a5/ff/c9a5ff8d6e08c17cedf04d8823a00c28.jpg

Corner A looking at Corner D http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/46/59/b0/4659b0bd56c1f4dc12de24239366dbad.jpg

Corner D looking at Corner A http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/57/97/cb/5797cbc3b03b6cef5c776d72960bfa3b.jpg

Corner C looking at Corner D http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/d9/b9/44/d9b944cd8707d6b696895b3408c41401.jpg


"January 27, 2015" - Lab 2: Identifying Algae and Protists

The first thing you notice about the culture is the smell; crap, literal crap. It just smells awful. Visually, it looks like everything rose to the top; grass, leaves, etc. There also appears to be a film-like cover formed on the surface of the water. Under this layer of much is yellowish water with strands of grass going through it. Bellow the middle part of the culture, it appears as though all the dirt has fallen to rest at the bottom of the jar.

We took two samples from the culture; one from the top and one from the bottom of the water. These organisms would differ