Coscinodiscus the Salt Water Diatom

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The Coscinodiscus is a salt water diatom in the Atlantic Ocean. The purpose of this blog is exclusively to provide photographs and video footage of this amazing diatom.

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Coscinodiscus # 055 - January 14, 2009

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Coscinodiscus, marine diatom captured from the Atlantic Ocean, Intracoastal Waterway, January 14, 2009.
Original *.avi format (25,693 k), including flash format (11,500 k) and micrographs may be downloaded for non-commercial and educational use.

<embed src="http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/videos/videos/player.swf" width="320" height="260" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="height=260&width=320&file=http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/aquaculture/microbes/coscinodiscus/coscinodiscus_2009_01_14_03.flv&image=http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/aquaculture/microbes/coscinodiscus/coscinodiscus_2009_01_14_03.jpg&logo=http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/videos/videos/etb.png"></embed>

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Coscinodiscus # 050 - January 14, 2009

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Coscinodiscus (Concentric Diatom) # 050 - January 14, 2009

The original compressed *.avi (20,198 k) is available in download for educational use. (Includes flash version format, 9231 k).

<embed src="http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/videos/videos/player.swf" width="320" height="260" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="height=260&width=320&file=http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/aquaculture/microbes/coscinodiscus/coscinodiscus_2009_01_14_02.flv&image=http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/aquaculture/microbes/coscinodiscus/coscinodiscus_2009_01_14_02.jpg&logo=http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/videos/videos/etb.png" /></embed>

The following two images contain white spots inside the diatom. These were defined as lipids by NOAA staff.

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Coscinodiscus and Paralia Sulcata, a Chain Diatom

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The chain diatom featured here, or diatom which looks like a stack of coins is Paralia Sulcata. Coscinodiscus is a single cell, free floating diatom.

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