POND SCUM

accumulation of floating green algae on the surface of stagnant or slowly moving waters, such as ponds and reservoirs. One of the commonest forms is Spirogyra.

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books on: Pond Scum  - 1466 results

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Walden Pond: A History
Book by W. Barksdale Maynard; Oxford University Press, 2004
Subjects: Authors, American--Homes And Haunts--Massachusetts--Middlesex County, Middlesex County (Mass.)--Intellectual Life--19th Century, Thoreau, Henry David--1817-1862--Homes And Haunts--Massachusetts--Walden Woods, Walden Pond (Middlesex County, Mass.)--History
Walden Pond Walden Pond A History W. BARKSDALE MAYNARD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2004...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Maynard, W. Barksdale (William Barksdale) Walden Pond: a history / W. Barksdale Maynard. p. cm. Includes bibliographical...
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Minnesota Plant Life
Book by Conway MacMillan; 1899
Subjects: Botany--Minnesota
...Gasette 31 FIG. 9. Portion of a pond-scum thread, showing how it is made up...FIG. 10. Patches of pond-scum floating in a tank. A lime-encrusting...easily recognized is the familiar pond-scum, which is by many people regarded...
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The World of Plant Life
Book by Clarence J. Hylander; Macmillan, 1939
Subjects: Botany--United States
...summer, often fills his favorite pond with a scum of bluish-green dust or with what...inconspicuous plants common in every pond and pool. They are spherical or...which is unbranched is a common pond-scum known as Spirogyra, abundant...
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Ntc's Thematic Dictionary of American Slang
Book by Richard A. Spears; NTC Pub. Group, 1998
Subjects: Americanisms--Dictionaries, English Language--United States--Slang--Dictionaries, Figures Of Speech--Dictionaries
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Field Book of Ponds and Streams: An Introduction to the Life of Fresh Water
Book by Ann Haven Morgan; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1930
Subjects: Freshwater Biology
...sides of the jar; such pond mayflies as Callibaetis...support only few animals. Scum and bubbles on the top usually...of diatoms; the familiar "pond-scum," "green-scum," and the...The dense green mats of "pond-scum" or "frog-spittle and the...
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journal articles on: Pond Scum  - 17 results

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Toxic Slurry and Pond Scum
Journal article by G. Alisia Chase; Afterimage, Vol. 36, 2008
Subjects: Landscape painting--Exhibitions
Toxic Slurry and Pond Scum. by G. Alisia Chase It is not the Berkshires astonishing...rodents left to manage the ravaged land. Here, as in the equally eerie Pond Scum (2007), human survival is only intimated: in the former work, by a...
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Swamp Swaps: The "Second Nature" of Wetlands
Journal article by Fred Bosselman; Environmental Law, Vol. 39, 2009
Subjects: Clean Water Act of 1977, Emissions credit trading--Laws, regulations and rules, Emissions trading--Laws, regulations and rules, Water quality--Laws, regulations and rules, Wetland conservation--Laws, regulations and rules
...with the desired species. (254) When the pond eventually becomes contaminated with competing species the pond is drained and sterilized before being reinoculated...for one "to continually dominate an open pond and have desirable biofuel properties...
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Reading Treatment Reports: the Writer, the Editor, and the Analyst or the Value of Certification
Journal article by Arthur L. Rosenbaum Md; Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Vol. 28, 2008
Subjects: Committees, Education, Interim reports, Meetings, Professional standards, Report writing
...swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an...educates about writing. We must be able to distinguish the pond scum, the mosquito spawn, and dead leaves from our intention...
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The Silencing Effect of Canonicity: Authorship and the Written Word in Amy Tan's Novels
Journal article by Lisa M.S. Dunick; MELUS, Vol. 31, 2006
Subjects: Canon (Literature)--Evaluation, Canon (Literature)--Usage, Literature--Study and teaching, Tan, Amy--Criticism and interpretation, Tan, Amy--Works, Universities and colleges--Curricula, Universities and colleges--United States, Women authors--Criticism and interpretation, Women authors--Works, Women writers--Criticism and interpretation, Women writers--Works
...the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an inkstone, you take the first step...
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Origin of Genetic Information and Evolution of Biological Species
Journal article by Pallacken Abdul Wahid; Islam & Science, Vol. 3, 2005
Subjects: Evolution (Biology)--Genetic aspects, Evolution--Genetic aspects, Gene mutation--Analysis, Gene mutations--Analysis, Genomes, Life--Origin, Natural selection--Analysis, Origin of life
...genetic sequencing, they were classified together even though their genes now tell us they are as different as elephants and pond scum--maybe more so." (33) The construction of the evolutionary tree based on genetic parameters is clearly a departure from...
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magazine articles on: Pond Scum  - 29 results

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Pond-Scum Power: Going Really Green
Magazine article by Kenneth Green; National Review, Vol. 61, November 2, 2009
Subjects: Algae--Properties, Alternative fuels--Forecasts and trends, Green technology, Petroleum industry--Environmental aspects
Pond-Scum Power: Going Really Green...That contender is (drum roll)--pond scum. More precisely, algae, which...considerably more expensive than open-pond systems. Harvesting and drying...certainly nourishment for the scum to grow on. Mr. Green is a resident...
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P Soup: It's Green, but It's Not Good for You. That Benign-Looking Pond Scum Signifies a Far-Reaching Shift in the Global Phosphorus Cycle
Magazine article by Elena Bennett, Steve R. Carpenter; World Watch, Vol. 15, March 2002
Subjects: Algae--Environmental aspects, Phosphorus--Environmental aspects, Water--Phosphorus content
...not good for you. That benign-looking pond scum signifies a far-reaching shift in the...at the algae forming on a local farm pond, for example, and youre seeing the...that patch of algae you see in the pond at your feet may be affected by changes...
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Liquid Refreshment: Ponds and Other Water Features Can Be Lovely - or They Can Be Stinking, Murky Eyesores. A Primer on What Makes the Difference
Magazine article by Stephen Budiansky; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, July 2001
Subjects: Water gardens
...gallons of something that smelled like a cross between pond scum and an open sewer. It smelled that way mainly because...perfectly natural world covered with perfectly natural pond scum, and reeking. Michael Masser is an expert on aquaculture...
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Liquid Refreshment - Ponds and Other Water Features Can Be Lovely-But They Can Be Stinking, Murky Eyesores. A Primer on What Makes the Difference
Magazine article by Stephen Budiansky; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, July 2001
Subjects: Water gardens--Analysis
...gallons of something that smelled like a cross between pond scum and an open sewer. It smelled that way mainly because...perfectly natural world covered with perfectly natural pond scum, and reeking. Michael Masser is an expert on aquaculture...
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As Brill's Pauses, Questions Linger
Magazine article by Margaret Sullivan; Columbia Journalism Review, Vol. 40, July 2001
Subjects: Brill's Content (Periodical)--Publishing, Brill, Steven--Management, Mass media--Rating, Periodical publishing--Management
...entrepreneur, Steven Brill. Finally, the sales pitch promised, someone would expose the foibles of that smug class of pond scum even lower than lawyers: the media. And that wasnt all that was promised. The magazine also would reach a circulation...
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newspaper articles on: Pond Scum  - 67 results

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Military Judge Cites General for 'Pond Scum' Crack; 'Apparent Unlawful Command Influence' in 2 Criminal Cases
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 24, 2004
Military Judge Cites General for Pond Scum Crack; Apparent Unlawful Command...referring to two criminal defendants as "pond scum" and saying one should be castrated...but did not refer directly to his "pond scum" remark. "I asked that every leader...
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SIX in the City; Party Plans Spoiled by Pond Scum
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), December 14, 2007
...in the City; Party Plans Spoiled by Pond Scum. Byline: Tonight: NICK PEET AFTER...the police arent able to catch the scum-bags in question, so isnt it about...not Scousers. This paltry group of pond scumis tarnishing the citys name and...
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Fighting Terrorists with Pond Scum and Choo-Choos; Those Are Just Two Brainy Ideas from Your Congress
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 2, 2009
Fighting Terrorists with Pond Scum and Choo-Choos; Those Are Just Two Brainy Ideas from Your Congress. Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES When speaking before a veterans...
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Personal Oasis Can Flow from Fish Pond
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 17, 2006
...get to see the fish. Youll need to keep the water moving. No one, particularly a prospective home buyer, likes a pond covered with scum, which is what will happen if you dont install a pump. And remember, if you want the pump to do other things, like...
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Girls Get a Bang out of Academy's Science Camp
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 18, 2008
...teenagers can say they spent their summer vacations studying pond scum and building miniature solar-powered cars. But the girls...studied liquid nitrogen, looked at microorganisms from a pond under a microscope and built miniature solar-powered race...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pond Scum  - 3 results

 
 
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Pond Scum
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
POND SCUM accumulation of floating green algae on the surface of stagnant or slowly moving waters, such as ponds and reservoirs. One...
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Cyanobacteria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...than to plants, and they are now placed in the kingdom Monera . Cyanobacteria are familiar to many as a component of pond scum. Despite their name, different species can be red, brown, or yellow; blooms (dense masses on the surface of a body of...
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Algae
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...certain conditions, to ingest food in an animallike manner. The green algae include most of the freshwater forms. The pond scum , a green slime found in stagnant water, is a green alga, as is the green film found on the bark of trees. The more complex...


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