Algae Lab

For this lab my partner and I took different samples of pond water and looked at them under a microscope to identify them. We found many different types of algae such as navicula which are often shaped like diatoms and are yellow brown. Also mixed diatoms, which are small different shaped cells. And oscillatoria which is the second most tolerant of organic pollution. These were all very interesting finds to my partner and I because we never knew how easy it was to obtain the algae we had learned about. This lesson really made me not want to ever get in a lake or pond again. However these algae may be small but they are fast to grow in large amounts and are often found grouped together.