Initial Publication Date: May 19, 2005

Icebreaker: Images of Biocomplexity

Each image below represents the interest of one of the workshop participants. These images show the broad spectrum of biocomplexity.
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Teofilo AbrajanoJun Abrajano
The Lipayo Hot Spring in the central Philippines hosts diverse bacterial populations consisting of Hydrogenobacter acidophilus, Desulfurella multipotens and several novel acidophiles at the vent area (pH = 3.5, T=67 C; picture foreground) to Deinococcus, Microcystis, Cynidium and Chlorobium species farther down the flow path (pH=5, T=36 C). The quantitative linkages between microbial assemblage organization, community physiology and C and S chemistry in this and similar systems motivate the biocomplexity research by Abrajano and colleagues at RPI.
Tom BaerwaldTom Baerwald
Daniel BrownsteinDan Brownstein
Grand Staircase Escalante showing desert varnish growing on sandstone, a connection between geology and biology.
Marjorie ChanMargie Chan
Caroline Davies Molly Davies icebreaker image
Jiasong FangJiasong Fang
A picture of a hyperpiezophilic bacteria (the bar is 1 micron).
Kathleen FarleyKathleen Farley
This image shows the equatorial alpine grasslands in the Andes known as paramos above, bordered by a plantation of exotic pine trees below.
Bob FordBob Ford
Bruce Fouke Bruce Fouke
Micro-terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park
Mark Francek Mark Fransek
JoeBobporker
Laurie Gorton Laurie Gorton
Hot springs and fumaroles at Myvatn National Park, Iceland
Dave Gosselin Dave Gosselin
Robin Greenler Robin Greenler
Effigy mounds (Indian burial sites) on campus
Patricia Heiser Patricia Heiser
Susan Humphris Susan Humphris
Life on a hydrothermal vent.
Beverly Johnson Bev Johnson
The Wolfe Creek Crater, Western Australia.
Kenneth Kolm Ken Kolm
Melissa Lenczewski Melissa Lenczewski
Carol Mankiewicz Carol Mankiewicz
Cobble (top photograph) from Turtle Creek, Beloit, Wisconsin that is coated with a several-mm-thick carbonate crust. Crusts only occur in an 8-km stretch of the stream. Precipitation of the calcitic crust probably reflects complex interactions among biological, chemical, and geological factors. Cyanobacteria (filaments; 5 ???m thick) and diatom frustules are preserved within the crusts as seen in the two scanning electron microscope photographs.
Bruce MaxwellBruce Maxwell
Ex-urban development encroaching on wild land.
Dave McGinnis Dave McGinnis
Map of a neural net self-organizing map of 700 mb anomalies over the western US that I am using for climate classification.
Rose McKenney Rose McKenney
Dave MogkDave Mogk
Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park
Cliff Montagne Cliff Montagne
Mongolia
Charles Peterson Chuck Peterson
Jennifer Phillips Jennifer Phillips icebreaker image
Indication of degree of confidence in three forecasting systems among Luganda-speaking residents in Nakasongola District in Uganda: I. Biophysical signs indicating the sex of an unborn child will be male; II. Biophysical indicators predicting anomalously wet rainy season; III. Forecast provided by the Uganda Meteorological Service indicating late onset of the rainy season. Phillips and Orlove, unpublished.
Wayne PowellWayne Powell
Carol PrideCarol Pride
Jennifer Rogers Jen Rogers icebreaker image
Mark Welford Mark Welford
Tandayapa Pastures, Costa Rica