Hi Dick, The error on Tafel 108 is noted. You had pointed out this error in an earlier communication. Some new slides will be most welcome. I have new samples...
1910
Rob Kimmich
diatom10
Jul 15, 2012 5:23 pm
Hi Charles, Which Temescal Creek are you sampling? A web search shows one in Oakland, one in Riverside County, and one in San Diego County. Some time ago, I...
1911
charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 15, 2012 6:19 pm
Hello Rob, I am collecting samples of Temescal Creek in Riverside. I collect at the far western end just before it ends at the Prado basin, Prado dam. I have...
1912
Rob Kimmich
diatom10
Jul 16, 2012 3:56 am
Thanks for the details, Charles! Nice study you are doing. -Rob ... Thanks for the details, Charles! Nice study you are doing. -Rob On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at...
1913
Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 16, 2012 4:13 pm
Rob and Charles, I also collect a bit in intermittent watercourses here in Arizona, and they do indeed offer some very interesting flora. I have also...
1914
Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 16, 2012 10:21 pm
I have uploaded images of two species of Stauroneisfound on the test slide from Molas Pass, CO, that I mentioned earlier. Unfortunately, the still-dirty...
1915
Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 21, 2012 3:32 pm
I have just completed a few strew slides from Fool Hollow Lake, an interesting impoundment in the White Mountains of Arizona. The sample was a squeeze of...
1916
urginia
Jul 22, 2012 2:10 pm
Dick, a great photo for such a small diatom showing so clearly the "extra" row of punctae - thank you. I am afraid that I would probably have identified it...
1917
charles
suslavage...
Jul 22, 2012 4:06 pm
Hi Dick, The Pinnularia image is of the only example I've found at Temescal creek. I collected a dried mud sample after the rainy season had passed, hard to...
1918
Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 22, 2012 6:04 pm
Brian, Goodness, you have just opened a big can of worms for me -- which I much appreciate! I have been furiously digging since seeing your message this...
1919
Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 23, 2012 2:01 pm
Charles, An interesting sampling! I surely understand what you mean about it being hard to clean, although it looks like you are doing rather well at this. ...
1920
urginia
Jul 23, 2012 3:00 pm
Dick, indeed you have been very busy - on a Sunday - a rest day as well ! I cannot follow your arguments too closely as I do not have access to some of the...
1921
Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 23, 2012 4:06 pm
Brian, Thanks for the link -- I was not aware of this site. The first three of their images look like mine, and I would now call them F. dissipatoides. The...
1922
leszekwolnik
Jul 24, 2012 12:06 pm
Hello everyone Apologies for being so quiet these days but we're a little preoccupied in Ireland at present. I'm also mortified with embarrassment at not...
1923
Keith Shaw
scitech200
Jul 24, 2012 3:43 pm
I'm still very limited re time available for playing with a microscope. But I do get out for some fresh air and to be able to hike into local ponds to collect...
1924
charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 25, 2012 5:47 am
Hi Dick, I think for purposes of identification a dirty slide within limits is acceptable for identification purposes. I am still trying to refine my cleaning...
1925
klaus.kemp
Jul 25, 2012 6:25 am
Charles, Have you considered the following? The larger rubble can be panned out much like the gold panners do. The finer particulates can be seperated with a...
1926
Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 25, 2012 2:58 pm
Charles, I certainly agree about dirty slides being acceptable for identification work. As long as one can get a reasonably good view of a diatom, a dirty...
1927
Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 26, 2012 2:32 pm
Yesterday I finished acid treatment of a diatom sample from Cave Creek, a small stream near Phoenix that produces a couple of "desert oases". This sample was...
1928
Rob Kimmich
diatom10
Jul 27, 2012 1:01 am
Nice, Dick!...
1929
charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 28, 2012 5:31 am
Hello Klaus, Sorry for the delay in responding, time is currently a problem. I have and do employ the gold panning method but not consistently. My results ...
1930
charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 28, 2012 5:44 am
Hello Leszek, No apologies needed, time for everyone is a problem, I’m just glad you dropped a short note to lets us know you are still with us. As to the...
1931
charles
suslavage...
Jul 28, 2012 6:28 am
Hi Dick, I do not have a lot of descriptive information on Eunotia so I'm winging it a bit. This first example of the genus I have identified as Eunotia incise...
1932
Raymond
tsuperbus
Jul 28, 2012 7:40 am
Hello Charles, I missed a discussion on pulling glass needles, so I am sorry if this has been covered already, but my personal observation with standard ...
1933
klaus.kemp
Jul 28, 2012 9:45 am
Charles,I sympathise with your problem, the trouble is this business of synonomy. I looked this up in Van Landingham who dismissed E. excisa and listed it as...
1934
Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 28, 2012 2:04 pm
Charles and Klaus, Once again, please do not put much faith in my Toome Bridge floral list! It was compiled when I was in China, and I then had very little...
1935
charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 28, 2012 3:13 pm
Hi Klaus, Never could spell, when very young I was always adding and 'e' to the end of all words, guess I never broke the habbit. Thanks for your note. ...
1936
charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 28, 2012 3:47 pm
Hi Dick, I’m afraid any floral list compiled by anyone at any time will have deficiencies! As your list stands, Ver. 3, it is darn good. As to having too ...
1937
charles suslavage
suslavage...
Jul 28, 2012 3:58 pm
Hello Raymond, Yes, the burner I acquired has a large diameter wick. If I had taken the time to think this through I might have built a small burner as you...
1938
Richard Carter
rcarter68502
Jul 28, 2012 7:32 pm
I thought I would post an image of Eunotia veneris(Kützing) De Toni, to show the differences from E. incisa. It can be found in my album. The size exceeds...
