Blades

... (algae) are flimsy in comparison to trees, etc. The water provides support. They don't have roots because they don't need them. Instead algal blades sometimes have holdfasts which simply keep the blade attached to the rock. The blade-water interface is where the algae can get most of its nutrients. ...

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... use that sort of strategy, in that they use a small energy input (gas or recycled electricity) to overcome the coefficient of friction so their blades can spin at optimum efficiency. But in that case, the energy input is wind. Anyway, I think the original topic is of particular importance right ...

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... better ways to do this than with plots, but this is just a micro-example) you might use a 1 square centimeter plot or smaller! If you are counting blades of grass on a lawn, and the density of the blades seems pretty uniform throughout, you could use a 1 square foot plot (though I would take data ...

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... being bigger and/or living longer than males. I remember in an intro class learning about a Nematode of grasshoppers that laid eggs on grass blades. If the grasshopper ate less than 10 eggs all would become females, more than 10 eggs they would all become males because females need more to ...

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I Have Just had my Gall Bladder removed but are still having the same symptoms in my breast bone area and my shoulder blades only now it doesnt burn like it did it is just pressure in my right side and shoulder blades and chest when I try to eat something it is like my digestive system ...

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