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        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0001.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0001.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae 1000x" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[These photomicrographs were taken from wastewater samples as well as ponds. Most of the objectives used were 100x and 400x or 1000x]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0002.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0002.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Euglena" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Well, there are mixed opinions on Algae- are they truly pests or do they help clean up excess chemicals in our waterways and provide a food source for aquatic life.

They do produce oxygen and helped jump start life on earth as we know it billions of years ago.


Euglena among Scenedesmus]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0003.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0003.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="400x  algae " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[They do make cool photos and artwork though if you find the right shapes!!!!" ]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0004.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0004.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="1000x algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[1000x Bright field, stains are not needed-Cosmarium!


 ]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0005.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0005.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="1000x  bluegreen algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Algae are a diverse group of simple, plantlike organisms.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0006.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0006.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="1000x  algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Come take a closer look at the amazing world under the microscope!]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0007.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0007.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="1000x  algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Some can be single celled, some in jelly like clusters, some filamentous.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0008.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0008.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Bluegreen algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[1000x  algae w sheath and missing cells ]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0009.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0009.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="1000x algae " width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[There is attached growth on this algae, filamentous bacteria- Type 021N]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0010.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0010.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="1000x attached filaments" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Algae are one of the most important photosynthesizing organisms on Earth.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0011.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0011.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[They come in all different sizes and shapes.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0012.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0012.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Alaska red algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Red algae growing on the mountains in the snow in Alaska.

Algae need sunlight and nutrients, some use carbon also. 
They can even grow on top of snow in cold climates, as well as in hot climates.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0013.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0013.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[They capture more of the energy from the sun and produce more oxygen as a byproduct of photosynthesis than all plants and trees combined.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0014.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0014.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Lots of pretty patterns and shapes]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0015.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0015.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[If you see algae in your aeration basin MLSS it means you need to do some minor maintenance.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0016.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0016.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Check weirs, tank edges or sidewalls for solids build up.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0017.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0017.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Algae need sunlight, so they should not grow in the MLSS, the density will keep out the sunlight.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0018.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0018.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Algae can give a false high BOD reading if they wind up in your final effluent test since they die during the test and release carbon and nutrients.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0019.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0019.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Here Blue green algae.
No stains were used. Thiese are the actual colors present.

Blue green algae- here you can even see the blue tint in the sheath Phormidium sp. possibly]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0020.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0020.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Bright field 1000x

Here the algae is starting to branch.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0021.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0021.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Heavy attached growth on algae means it has been in the system a long time.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0022.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0022.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Bright field]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0023.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0023.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Diatom with many single celled bacteria]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0024.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0024.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[It is amazing the pretty images and patterns you can get with algae.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0025.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0025.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[So many different shapes and sizes.

Some like snowflakes with pretty patterns.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0026.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0026.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Pediastrum and Scenedesmus are dominant here]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0027.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0027.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Sporulation is the most common form of asexual reproduction in the algae.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0028.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0028.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Paramecium with algae
1000x Bright field]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0029.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0029.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Chlorophyta 
Chlorophyceae 
Chlorococcales 
Scenedesmaceae 
Scenedesmus quadricauda 
Turpin Brébisson

Pediastrum also present]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0030.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0030.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[You can see a small colorless amoeba among the bright green algae.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0031.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0031.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Chaetophora" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Chaetophora- branching algae]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0032.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0032.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Desmids Closterium" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Desmids-Closterium Desmids or Desmidiaceae are single-celled green algae which can only be found in fresh water.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0033.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0033.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Diatoms" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Diatom with single celled bacteria and filaments

More than 10,000 living diatom species are known]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0034.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0034.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Pediastrum can have pretty patterns
Domain: Eukaryota
 Kingdom: Plantae
 Division: Chlorophyta
 Class: Chlorophyceae
 Order: Chlorococcales
 Family: Hydrodictyaceae
 Genus: Pediastrum
]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0035.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0035.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Hydrodictyon" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Hydrodictyon- these are cool, they form ring like branches and nets.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0036.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0036.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Algae" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Large plant like algae branching 400x ]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0037.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0037.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Pediastrum" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Pediastrum inhabits freshwater environments.
]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0038.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0038.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Red algae in snow" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Here is red algae from the tops of a glacier in Alaska near Juneau.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0039.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0039.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Scenedesmus" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Scenedesmus colonies most often have two or four cells, but may have 8, 16, or rarely 32 and are occasionally unicellular.]]></slide>
        <slide jpegURL="thumbs/t_0040.jpg" d_URL="slides/p_0040.jpg" transition="0" panzoom="1" URLTarget="0" phototime="2" url="http://www.environmentalleverage.com" title="Spirogyra (top)" width="425" height="315"><![CDATA[Two types of algae- Green algae- Spriogyra and Oscillatoria sp.]]></slide>
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