Every year, I ask the students to compare the foram assemblages in the sediment core we take in the estuary to those they find in the surface samples they take. Would they spot corresponding environments? The students process their own sample, and it is up to me to process the samples of the sediment core.
I've done that now! It is not a very diverse assembly, but it's ok. And it is ready for the practical session next week when the students pick the forms out of their own samples. Now they know what they will be comparing it against.
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| Several species of Forams! |
It's a busy time, and it's not so easy to find time to stare down a microscope. But it is nice to sometimes be able to do just that. Forget the computer, put your headphones on with a nice radio program or podcast, and look at the little critters! And let's see how good the comparisons will be between the surface samples and the fossil samples…
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