Sentences with phrase «as the alga spyrogyra»

Instead, sloths outsmart predators by relying on camouflage, such as algae that grows on their fur.

As an algae biologist I was initially struck by the cover graphic: a stained glass window made of diatoms, the tiny planktonic creatures whose exquisite outer shells are visible only through the electron microscope.

Whole protein sources (such as algae, insects and Hinoman's new vegetable solution) could pick up the slack of slowing and unsustainable meat and seafood growth.

They're making beers with offbeat ingredients such as algae, fungus - infected grapes, bhut jolokia peppers, and even bull testicles.

To combat vitamin A deficiency, consumption of locally available vegetables, fruit, and other plant foods, such as algae products, should be encouraged.

use natural ingredients like avocado, clay, honey, essential oils, fruits, healing herbs, natural pigments and superfoods such as algae, aloe vera or green tea.

Advocates for the Great Lakes are meeting in Washington, D.C., this week to push for continued funding of cleanup programs and discuss water quality issues such as algae blooms and oil transportation.

«Our results show that despite a wave of massive and virtually instantaneous extinctions among the plankton, some types of photosynthesising organisms, such as algae and bacteria, were living in the aftermath of the asteroid strike.

Utility - scale solar power plants and second - generation biofuels such as algae have led the field in recent financing rounds, but funding is now branching into less developed technologies such as bioplastics, green building materials and water desalination.

But it is fair to say that as algae and other tiny ocean species solve new survival problems, they may force us to do the same.

These fundamental discoveries were made in non-human organisms such as the algae, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and the zebrafish, Danio rerio.

«Both malaria and Helicosporidium started out as alga and ended up as intracellular parasites preying on animals, but they have done it in very different ways,» says Keeling, director of the Centre for Microbial Diversity and Evolution at UBC and a Senior Fellow of Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

Mosaics in the corridor floors will illustrate various images from science — such as the alga Spyrogyra — and the microscope lobby will serve as a «symbol of a moment in scientific history when a single discovery combined biology, chemistry, and physics,» she says.

The rates of new introductions of other organisms such as algae, molluscs or insects increased steeply after 1950.

Bromophenols occur naturally in many marine organisms, such as algae, bryozoa and sandworms.

Bacteria as well as algae can also be used to transport or displace matter in fluidic environments.

In his vision, billions of robots on the ocean floor tend tanks of compressed air that power turbines, the Southwest is known affectionately as algae country, and energy traders make their fortunes speculating on the price of chicken - manure gas.

Venter and other scientists are experimenting with photosynthetic microbes such as algae and cyanobacteria (sometimes referred to as blue - green algae).

Fish and plants are literally choked out as algae, which thrive in the nutrient - rich waters, use up all the available oxygen.

Whale shark diets vary both seasonally and geographically, but they are thought to feed mainly on zooplankton as well as algae, small fishes, fish eggs, and cephalopods.

Water is a major concern, as is the use of nitrogen fertilizers to stimulate growth of cyanobacteria and microalgae — two microorganisms typically lumped together as algae biofuels.

«Fecal input may adversely affect the condition of the reservoir, bringing about undesirable changes such as algae bloom.»

Much attention has been given to migration of vermin on board ships, and the transport of larger organisms such as algae and jellyfish in ballast water.

bloom (in microbiology) The rapid and largely uncontrolled growth of a species, such as algae in waterways enriched with nutrients.

Most of the time, the Pfiesteria dinoflagellate is a nontoxic predator that feeds on small organisms such as algae, bacteria, and small animals.

«There are many things that need to be measured for which there are no sensors, including many chemistry variables such as phosphorus and heavy metals, and all of the biota such as algae, plants, and animals,» describes Relyea.

This plant needs nitrogen and phosphorus, just as the algae do.

These solar cells utilise the photosynthetic properties of microorganisms such as algae to convert light into electric current that can be used to provide electricity.

After all, surface mats of duckweed can block out sunlight just as the algae can.

As algae on the water surface also eventually die, bacteria will break them down.

Such as algae.

There are four major types of seaweed and they are all known as algae.

As algae in a cyanobacterial bloom die, the water may smell bad.

-- Trek out to the remote Canos Cristales River high in the mountains of Colombia and catch the annual show as the algae changes to bright, rainbow colors for a brief two or three week show in autumn.

A critter - packed night dive at Sapokreng was one of the highlights on this trip, where we found many species of cephalopods such as algae octopus, pygmy squid, and coconut octopus.

After the shoot, postproduction took about a year, involving work with layers and colour correction and additions such as algae, fish, glow effects and glare.

These shifts to wetter summers correspond with periods on enhanced continental runoff as expressed by the abundance of freshwater indicators such as the algae Pediastrum and the dinocyst taxon Bosedinia and areconsistent with enhanced hydrological cycling prior to, and during the PETM interval.The marked increase in WMMT and WMMP puts a new perspective on environ - 15 mental precursors to the injection of carbon during the PETM.

Apparently, there is no downside to this scenario as the algae feed on carbon dioxide, are composed of > 50 % lipids and can grow quite nicely in «waste» land i.e. the New Mexico desert.

Water is not an issue as algae really doesn't care too much how brackish the water is.

As the alga grow the CO2 concentration drops but it is replenished by CO2 from the air.

As the algae died and settled, they created a hypoxic area.

It's good to see that people are making efforts to try and help the world even with things as simple as algae.

Dinoflagellates are often classified as algae.

Algae, in turn, prevent the heating of water as long as algae are not decomposed.

The nation's energy portfolio is expanding to include larger investments in wind, solar, and tidal energy, as well as biofuels such as algae and fuel crops, presenting new conflicts and tradeoffs.

Not exact matches

The bottled version now features soy protein — as opposed to brown rice protein — and derives its fat energy from farm - free algae sources for maximum environmental sustainability.

Thus mini-nuclear reactors, algae - based fuels, and various other exciting schemes are routinely trotted out as the «source of unlimited energy in the near future,» always with the implicit faith that the process can be scaled up from the laboratory to a global scale with only modest difficulties.

But a pilot project at a major producer's well site aims to suck up as much as 20 % of the carbon dioxide produced — using algae.

Tatcha's gel - like face mask is packed with powerful anti-aging products including red algae and hyaluronic acid, as well as green tea and rice to target dryness, dullness, and loss of firmness.

Any student who can classify algae as a plant life knows a zygote is human.