<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">As of this evening, the Sequim Bay bloom is dominated by the actively swimming dinoflagellate <i>Cochlodinium sp</i>. Most likely the species is <i>polykrikodes</i>, because it does occur in doublets, but more frequently singlets are seen that could resemble the species <i>helikoides.</i><i> </i> Please refer to the excellent link with species line drawings.<div><br><div> <a href="http://www.cearac-project.org/wg3/cochlo-entrance/english/English_bio_taxo.htm">http://www.cearac-project.org/wg3/cochlo-entrance/english/English_bio_taxo.htm</a><br><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The 1 ml sample taken from the State Park Dock at high tide also contained few large feeding tininids (<i>Flavella</i>) along with one rotifer. The second most abundant cells were very large lethargic <i>Alexandium</i>. Also seen were A few tiny <i>Gymnodinium,</i> <i>Akashiwo sanguinium, Gyrodinium spiralis, </i>and<i> Protoperinium. </i>I did sp<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">ot a single </span>Dinophysis, </i>and a single <i>Cercomonad. </i>Notably, no residual trace was seen of the <i>Heterosigma</i> bloom reported Wed. Once again, this may be a case of shifting water masses.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Megan Black, M.S.</div><div>Algal Biologist</div><div>PhD. Candidate</div><div>Biology Department</div><div>University of Washington</div><div>24 Kincaid Hall</div><div>Box 351800</div><div>Seattle, WA 98195-1800</div><div>(425)753-5679</div><div><a href="mailto:mmdblack@uw.edu">mmdblack@uw.edu</a></div><div><div><a href="http://diamondpointbeach.blogspot.com/">http://diamondpointbeach.blogspot.com/</a></div></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></div></body></html>