Mercer Field Trip

A Field Trip to Mercer Lake
July 6, 1999

The group took a trip to examine the plankton community of Mercer Lake.

Sherwood Hall from the FDA showing sampling techniques. Ernest sampling some critters from the water

A vial full of critters. Kaye looking through the scope at the sample.

Young looking for new organisms. The S-Shaped structure is made up of 2 Closterium.

Top center structure is a Ceratium. The left hand of center is a species if Asterionella, which is a freshwater diatom, with the cells making up the spokes of the wheel. Another view of species of Ceratium.

To the far right of center is a grouping of Fragilaria, a type of freshwater diatom. The triangular arrangement of algae cells in the center is Pediastrum.

All specimen photos are taken with a digital camera attached to a microscope.

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	Sherwood Hall from the FDA showing sampling techniques.		Ernest sampling some critters from the water
	A vial full of critters.		Kaye looking through the scope at the sample.
	Young looking for new organisms.		The S-Shaped structure is made up of 2 Closterium.
	Top center structure is a Ceratium. The left hand of center is a species if Asterionella, which is a freshwater diatom, with the cells making up the spokes of the wheel.		Another view of species of Ceratium.
	To the far right of center is a grouping of Fragilaria, a type of freshwater diatom.		The triangular arrangement of algae cells in the center is Pediastrum.