Group: 1 Presentation 2 By: Sammiejo Fat Coral Bleaching Group: 1 Presentation 2 By: Sammiejo Fat

What’s Happening to the Zoox?? Last week our Zoox count decreased. Not only our we stressing the Aiptasia with one main stressor but they are not getting nutrients they need. Remember to take this in to account.

Finding the Chlorophyll Content Wavelength Readings: At 665nm-.013nm At 647nm-.013nm At 630nm-.043nm Place numbers in equation given to find chlorophyll-a in micrograms per. milliliter Results: 0.13059

Approximating the Biomass of Our Aiptasia The Biomass of an Aiptasia contains protein How much protein? We used the Bradford (Coomassie Blue) Assay to find out. Protein Trial 1 Trial 2 Average 0.25 0.245 0.259 0.252 0.5 0.459 0.75 0.972 0.941 0.9565 1 1.354 1.213 1.2835 1.25 1.317 1.399 1.358

Heat Waves A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied with high humidity. There is no universal definition of a heat wave; the term is relative to the usual weather in the area. The term is applied both to routine weather variations and to extraordinary spells of heat which may occur only once a century. The most recent and devastating heat wave would have to be in 1998 after El Nino

A Picture of Average Ocean Temperature

Our Group Experiment Last week we rose the temperature 10* C Using a small heater And on Friday I came and removed the heater after observing the Aiptasia They had turned a very gray color and had become white on the bottom We wanted to see the recovery of the Aiptasia, after a heat wave to relate it the coral in the oceans dealing with the extreme changes in their environment

Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_wave http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/references7.html http://www.noaa.gov/