[sci.bio] Looking For Volvox

news@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU (news) (11/20/88)

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        Where would be the best place to find Volvox (any variety) in the
 wild?  Where do they like to be?
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dant@mrloog.LA.TEK.COM (Dan Tilque;1893;92-101;) (11/23/88)

In article <1782@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU> kibo () writes:
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>        Where would be the best place to find Volvox (any variety) in the
> wild?  Where do they like to be?

Suburban garages mainly.  The primary species found there are 240DL
Stationwa... Oh, you said VolvoX...

Never mind.

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mkkuhner@codon1.berkeley.edu (Mary K. Kuhner;335 Mulford) (11/24/88)

In article <1782@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU> kibo () writes:
>>        Where would be the best place to find Volvox (any variety) in the
>> wild?  Where do they like to be?

Try masses of floating plant material, alive or dead, in stagnant water.
They need something to attach to, and seem to need to be near the surface.

Mary Kuhner