tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45162570808777585552024-02-19T14:52:20.239-08:00ChrissyENBchrissyvfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098365323517137018noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516257080877758555.post-19956802494102637282010-11-23T21:28:00.000-08:002010-11-23T21:28:30.331-08:00Short remembrance of the Karen Silkwood movie from lab<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-bk="12.1" data-bns="API" href="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefR8oexMnxcATmmJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBpc2ozM2gzBHBvcwM0BHNlYwNzcgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=1k7vg7pg2/EXP=1290662652/**http%3a//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253Fp%253Dkaren%252Bsilkwood%2526sado%253D1%2526ei%253DUTF-8%2526fr%253Dyfp-t-701-s%2526fr2%253Dtab-web%26w=565%26h=812%26imgurl=www.dvdactive.com%252Fimages%252Fnews%252Fscreenshot%252F2008%252F10%252Fsilkwood2d.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.dvdactive.com%252Fnews%252Freleases%252Fsilkwood.html%26size=238KB%26name=Silkwood%2b%2528UK%2b-%2bD...%26p=karen%2bsilkwood%26oid=781c30aa23eded86e891a99f35d25653%26fr2=tab-web%26no=4%26tt=569%26sigr=11kmrrnvh%26sigi=11vrjpn5p%26sigb=1384ub0ij%26.crumb=rVDFWT8IyDW"><img alt="Go to fullsize image" height="160" src="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=304052122614&id=febfab3dd8a016295cfd1553837da246&index=ch1" title="http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/silkwood.html" width="111" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Karen Silkwood was originally the perfect employee for a dishonest company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was not an active member of the union and she simply showed up to do her job and left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day she saw that a “hot” truck was being cut up and buried in the ground instead of being properly disposed of as nuclear waste.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then one of Karen’s coworkers got “cooked” and Karen began to worry about getting cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she wanted to leave to see her children for the weekend there was somehow a contamination in their station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All her coworkers and her boss were suspicious it was her that caused the contamination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shortly after that she was “cooked” herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was not her, but she got moved to the creepy film station where she saw the sexually forward boss man filling in gaps in the film with a sharpie. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She read into her union packet and became active.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She started to catalogue everything that was happening around her and she was contaminated a second time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was told to bring more urine samples to ensure that she was not internally infected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then one day, someone who did not want Karen to cause the plant to shut down slipped something into her urine testing kit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was internally infected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She went to the doctor and he told her she was going to be fine, but there were some traces of internal contamination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The company attempted to buy her off, but she refused them and continued to search for illegal actions that were taking place within the plant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On her way home from a meeting in town she was run off the road and was killed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a very rough synopsize of the Karen Silkwood movie, but it shows the potential for negative consequences that result from improper business practice in an environmentally delicate situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">After watching this movie, I see the danger that comes when corners are cut to preserve money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The company appeared to be up to something and perhaps some more rigorous inspections and accident investigations would be prudent when dealing with massively harmful substances.</span></span></span></div>chrissyvfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098365323517137018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516257080877758555.post-54272115416677563732010-11-23T21:11:00.000-08:002010-11-23T21:11:50.943-08:00Hitchiti Experiment Forest Lab<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Wild_ginger_leaves.jpg"><img alt="File:Wild ginger leaves.jpg" height="284" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Wild_ginger_leaves.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the wild ginger plant. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wild Ginger is an <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Asarum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plant creeps across the ground like most ground coverers and tastes and smells similar to ginger.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><img height="240" id="il_fi" src="http://www.ozarkmountainimages.com/ForestFloor/LeafLitter1280.JPG" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="320" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a picture of decomposing leaf litter from the forest.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When leaves fall in a forest they pile up on one another making a thick layer of dead decomposing leaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the leaves trap water and organisms begin to make their homes in the decaying matter, the leaf litter turns into fertile soil that the next year’s seedlings will begin their lives in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The leaf litter soil is very fertile and makes a great place for a sapling to plant itself in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a data-bk="14.1" data-bns="API" href="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefNcnexMi1AAB_aJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBpZm5udGl1BHBvcwM1BHNlYwNzcgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=1jpk9iu4u/EXP=1290661596/**http%3a//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253Fp%253Dsouthern%252Bpine%252Bbeetle%2526ei%253DUTF-8%2526fr%253Dyfp-t-701-s%2526fr2%253Dtab-web%26w=768%26h=578%26imgurl=www.forestryimages.org%252Fimages%252F768x512%252F2516004.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.forestryimages.org%252Fbrowse%252Fdetail.cfm%253Fimgnum%253D2516004%26size=135KB%26name=southern%2bpine%2bbe...%26p=southern%2bpine%2bbeetle%26oid=8dc0768afd6d83e45ae5b655de6b78e3%26fr2=tab-web%26no=5%26tt=4000%26sigr=11ugk06h8%26sigi=11hin9f6n%26sigb=137knpumd%26.crumb=rVDFWT8IyDW"><img alt="Go to fullsize image" height="120" src="http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=305243367839&id=77a99738dd090eb8e2b9ae6be59459c1&index=ch1" title="http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=2516004" width="160" /></a></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">This is a southern Pine Beetle</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a data-bk="8.1" data-bns="API" href="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefaEnexM6U4As.yJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBpZTByOGFiBHBvcwMyBHNlYwNzcgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=1kf1u8hai/EXP=1290661636/**http%3a//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253Fp%253Dsouthern%252Bpine%252Bbeetle%252Bdamage%2526sado%253D1%2526ei%253Dutf-8%2526fr%253Dyfp-t-701-s%2526fr2%253Dsg-gac%26w=607%26h=768%26imgurl=www.ipmimages.org%252Fimages%252F768x512%252F2108027.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.ipmimages.org%252Fbrowse%252Fdetail.cfm%253Fimgnum%253D2108027%26size=521KB%26name=southern%2bpine%2bbe...%26p=southern%2bpine%2bbeetle%2bdamage%26oid=d6ea1fa5760548f99288b91e45ff3748%26fr2=sg-gac%26no=2%26tt=183%26sigr=11p2pq59f%26sigi=11cuoamr5%26sigb=13k9oktjr%26.crumb=rVDFWT8IyDW"><img alt="Go to fullsize image" height="160" src="http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=329255749556&id=3152cbadd7ce03f640e5949d8e2ec75f&index=ch1" title="http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=2108027" width="126" /></a></span></span></span></div><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">This is the damage done to a piece of bark by a Southern Pine Beetle :(<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have the capacity to take out a forest of Pine Trees in a catastrophic event for the Pine Tree. The beetles bore into the wood and leave these small holes; the damage done will kill the tree. The Pines in close proximity to an infected Pine will most likely suffer the same fate as their neighbor.</span></div></span></span></span>chrissyvfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098365323517137018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516257080877758555.post-23345769230107886802010-11-23T20:53:00.000-08:002010-11-23T20:53:50.675-08:00Picture of Me Hugging a tree :)<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="mail-4.jpeg" src="http://thumbp3.mail.vip.gq1.yahoo.com/tn?sid=2295352782&mid=AHAIw0MAAHUVTOPQ2QIN9AG5Dwo&midoffset=1_2492457&partid=2&f=1105&fid=Inbox" /></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is me hugging a lovely tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today Anna and I need to cheer up so we hugged the pretty yellow in the middle of campus today </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>chrissyvfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098365323517137018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516257080877758555.post-11580629320961602702010-11-12T15:02:00.000-08:002010-11-12T15:02:37.712-08:00Aquatic Critters<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 5pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Phytoplankton</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><img src="http://www.geo.ucalgary.ca/~macrae/palynology/dinoflagellates/Ceratium.gif" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.geo.ucalgary.ca/~macrae/palynology/dinoflagellates/Ceratium.gif"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ceratium sp.</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are a type of phytoplankton that is a dinoflagellat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are marine dwellers that have two tail like whips, which is where their names came from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their scientific name was derived from the “Latin terms: dinos for rotation and flagellum for little whip. “ </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Info and photo from </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.marine-phytoplankton-works.com/frequensea/phytoplankton.htm"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.marine-phytoplankton-works.com/frequensea/phytoplankton.htm</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Zooplankton</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Copepodkils.jpg"><img alt="File:Copepodkils.jpg" height="150" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Copepodkils.jpg/800px-Copepodkils.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copepod" title="Copepod"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">copepod</span></a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calanoida" title="Calanoida"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Calanoida</span></a> sp.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a zooplankton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is also a marine animal that can live in both fresh and salt water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are surrounded by an exoskeleton that is nearly transparent.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aquatic Macrophyte</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Pistiabotanical.jpg"><img alt="File:Pistiabotanical.jpg" height="200" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Pistiabotanical.jpg" width="137" /></a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pistia stratiotes</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This is an </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">aquatic macrophyte. It is a floating plant commonly known as water lettuce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They float on the top of the water and are not attached to the ground.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fish</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/MC_Rotfeuerfisch.jpg"><img alt="File:MC Rotfeuerfisch.jpg" height="133" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/MC_Rotfeuerfisch.jpg/800px-MC_Rotfeuerfisch.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pterois antennata</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a fish commonly known as the clown fish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has venom in its spin fins that is uses for protection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an amazing example of a unique saltwater fish.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Crustacean</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Homar1.jpg"><img alt="File:Homar1.jpg" height="130" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Homar1.jpg/800px-Homar1.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">European Lobster</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a crustacean that is a Nephropidae, commonly known as a lobster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is eaten daily and is delicious with butter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The live mostly on the ocean floor, but can swim as well as crawl.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mammal </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Adult blue whale</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a marine mammal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its scientific name is Balaenoptera musculus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the largest mammal ever known to exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>chrissyvfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098365323517137018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516257080877758555.post-44660882977780726322010-10-29T11:20:00.001-07:002010-10-29T11:21:22.632-07:00Coral Reef<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Blue_Linckia_Starfish.JPG"><span style="color: blue; mso-no-proof: yes; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype></span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Blue_Linckia_Starfish.JPG"><img alt="File:Blue Linckia Starfish.JPG" height="400" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Blue_Linckia_Starfish.JPG/450px-Blue_Linckia_Starfish.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
My favorite biome is the Coral Reef.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is defined by its collection of calcium carbonates that make up coral.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several animals are dependent on this coral and make their homes and their diets from their byproducts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a very fertile biome and is home to a large variety of species.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still this biome is very delicate and can be destroyed by several forms of water pollutants or natural disasters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This marine biome is defined by the presence of coral and all the associated species.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a good indicator of the water quality in the ocean area and is very dependent on the location and depth of the ocean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several unique species of marine life depend on this biome to survive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>chrissyvfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098365323517137018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516257080877758555.post-14924185191014744792010-10-24T18:50:00.000-07:002010-10-24T18:50:31.478-07:00Favorite Organism and Ecological Niche<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Favorite Organism and Ecological Niche</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Panda_Cub_from_Wolong%2C_Sichuan%2C_China.JPG"><img alt="File:Panda Cub from Wolong, Sichuan, China.JPG" height="265" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Panda_Cub_from_Wolong%2C_Sichuan%2C_China.JPG/800px-Panda_Cub_from_Wolong%2C_Sichuan%2C_China.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favorite organism is the Panda Bear from central western and south western China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The panda bear needs several things to survive in that area such as a regular source of water, a large enough area to prevent confrontation between the bears but close enough to other pandas to mate, clean air, and a minimal amount of predators in their area for their young to grow up safely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these things are relatively common features for every animal and are included in most ecological niches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The feature that makes the panda bear’s ecological niche specific to them is bamboo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each panda bear eats about 25 lbs of bamboo every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the primary feature in their diet and each one of them needs to be able to have access to the food they need to survive and procreate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>chrissyvfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098365323517137018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516257080877758555.post-33629082494128992922010-10-22T19:51:00.000-07:002010-10-22T20:15:14.546-07:00Mitochondrial Eve<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">When people migrated away from Africa to the different climates around the world several of them evolved to fit their new location.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Essentially characteristics that helped a person survive in that climate were more likely to show up in the offspring that were genetically successful and would multiply with the success of that trait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Features that did not aid in the survival of the organism would likely disappear like the pigment in the skin and hair of the northern people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon the physical appearance of the human race will go back to a more centralized look as a result of globalization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The physical appearances will again begin to resemble Mitochondrial Eve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">This is an image of what Mitochondrial Eve could look like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has dark hair, eyes , and a medium pigment in her skin</span></div><img height="311" id="il_fi" src="http://e-ducation.net/scientists/MitochondrialEve.jpg" width="250" /><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">This is an image of a northern person who lived in the arctic region where there was little sun and no need for pigment in the skin, eyes, or hair</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <img height="212" id="il_fi" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Woman_redhead_natural_portrait.jpg/800px-Woman_redhead_natural_portrait.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">This is an image of an individual descended from northern dwellers where there was little sun and no need for pigment in the skin, eyes, or hair</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <img height="373" id="il_fi" src="http://african-safari-and-travel-advisor.com/images/african-tribe-culture-ndebele-woman-in-window-w-south-african-tourism-u.jpg" width="300" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a picture of a historic northern African who has a thin bones structure and is relatively tall </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><img height="293" id="il_fi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7hGJ0zkO9WnwXigz-YGqnXaeZ64N9H8irlno8-r8SMX-nYSk2qOrZA16KxihmYHngSs2FjN5MO3_l8PJwquzNVeAXMRgDVfbIz_9ZxZXYXjO9CLQ2n6XBMrNQHv8Kf4-YH12e4M9NLOL/s400/wpygmy113.jpg" width="400" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a picture of a historic southern African who is more compact and muscular with dense bones.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><img height="268" id="il_fi" src="http://beehivestudio.typepad.com/beehive_studio/images/2008/05/19/blog_57_asian_traditional_dress.jpg" width="150" /> <img height="200" id="il_fi" src="http://new.spokanelibrary.org/blog/northwest_room/files/2008/01/kalispel-women.jpg" width="124" /> <img height="132" id="il_fi" src="http://www.targetedadgroup.com/eth_marketing_files/hispanic.jpg" width="200" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a picture of someone with Asian descent who has similar pigmentation to those of Native American origin like this person and Hispanic people like this woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both these people are in climates similar to that of Mitochondrial Eve and as such look similar to how she may have looked in accordance to hair, skin, and eye color, yet they look completely different in their more refined features. This proves that even evolution can make some people have similar obvious features but still allow them to look remarkably different. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>chrissyvfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098365323517137018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516257080877758555.post-50576820147985895102010-09-08T15:38:00.000-07:002010-09-08T15:38:09.380-07:00Wood Hole Marine Biological LabWoods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory is a place for international research in biology. It is an establishment for learning about and researching all different subfields of biology. They offer intense courses that prepare experimental biologists for their future careers . Their staff leads and participates in things like the Gulf Coast Task Force, the monitoring of water quality, and experimental and observational research on marine animals that could later help humans, as the image below expresses<br />
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"The South African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) can regenerate the lens of its eye, a process that could one day be replicated in humans." Credit: Barbara Harmon. <br />
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This information was gathered from <a href="http://www.mbl.edu/index.html">http://www.mbl.edu/index.html</a>chrissyvfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098365323517137018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516257080877758555.post-59890620149723765322010-09-01T15:00:00.000-07:002010-09-01T15:00:09.504-07:00The butterfly effectIn essence, the butterfly effect is a theory that states small changes to any form of interdependent system can cause massive results. A hypothetical example of the butterfly effect pertaining to environmental biology is the weather patterns. There are too many unknown variables in an environmental system like Earth to make prediction of weather possible. A butterfly could flap his/her wings and cause a tornado days later on the other side of the world as stated by chaos theory and the butterfly effect. <br />
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My understanding of the butterfly effect came from <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-butterfly-effect.htm">http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-butterfly-effect.htm</a>chrissyvfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098365323517137018noreply@blogger.com0