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| Leegaardiella sp., a ciliate common in the Oregon upwelling system. Lugol fixed, inverted microscopy |
Leegaardiella sp. and 'mystery ciliate', formalin fixed, DAPI stained, epifluorescence microscopy |
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| Tintinnid sp., epifluorescence, Oregon upwelling system |
Heterotrophic dinoflagellates with ingested coccoid cyanobacteria, Oregon upwelling system |
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| Various examples of Strombidium sp. ciliates in the Oregon upwelling system, Lugol fixed, inverted microscopy |
Tintinnid with clear lorica in the Oregon upwelling system, Lugol fixed, inverted microscopy |
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| 30 x 45 um oligotrichous ciliate, and 25 um choreotrichous ciliate. in Oregon upwelling system, Lugol fixed, inverted microscopy
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Picophytoplankton, food for microzooplankton, in slope and shelf euphotic zone of Oregon upwelling system. Yellow orange cells are coccoid cyanobacteria, red cells are eukaryotic pico-phytoplankton (mostly < 1-3 um in size). Epifluorescence microscopy. |
