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Friday, February 28, 2014
Shelby Thomas U.R. - Ideas for Algae Growth Project
Unfortunately I was unable to attend the lab from the past week due to a track meet for my high school. I have come do decide my project for this class will be based on the growth of algae. I would like to see conduct a experiment that yields the most algae growth. I will be setting up a few tanks in which I will have the same algae and will have the same light on each tank. What I plan to change is the water temperature and see which temperature will produce the most algae. I believe a warmer temperature will produce more algae at a faster rate than a cold temperature. I have not decided on what type of algae to grow and going to research what kind is most beneficial. I am certainly open to suggestions on what spicies of algae and what temperatures I should test.
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I think that maybe you should try and get some common algae to this area. Maybe going to where we first did our seagrass transects and grabbing some from there. you could measure the amount you take and see if it continues to grow and at what rate based on the temperature. I think you got something here, good luck. We missed you on the trip, it was fun.
ReplyDeleteAre there some algae that grow in colder waters?--if so, is there a reason they would grow slower just because they are in cold water? i.e.,--if algae are grown in their natural waters does temperature play the leading role or could it be something else?
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