“The colony of animals was growing on kelp, and Dr. Russell Zimmer, a bryozoan expert, showed me how to section the seaweed so that one could turn a “strip” of the colony on its side in a drop of seawater and photograph it with the feeding tentacles (the lophophore) extended.” - Bruno Pernet
2012 Photomicrography Competition
Image of Distinction
Membranipora sp. (a bryozoan found on seaweed and kelp)
Dr. Bruno Pernet Dr. Russell Zimmer
- Affiliation
- California State University, Long Beach
Department of Biological Sciences
Long Beach, California, USA
- Technique
Stereomicroscopy (image processing in Photoshop)
- Magnifaction
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