This was done for each algae species. The next step was solving for the surface area comparison which can be labeled at mg of oxygen produced by cm squared per hour or micro grams of oxygen produced per hour by cm squared. First we took the number that we calculated previous which represented the total amount of oxygen produced by the algae itself and divided it by the surface area of that specific algae. Once that was done we were able to take that number and divide by the time that algae spent in its condition whether it was outside or inside. To make things easier on us we then converted this number to micrograms so the numbers were quite larger. Once the surface area comparison was conducted for the dark and light for each species we would calculated the gross photosynthesis measured in micrograms of oxygen produced each hour per each centimeter squared. In order to get this number we added the dark and light surface area comparison together for each species. The last and final calculation that was done was in regards to photosynthesis vs. dark respiration. We wanted to know if the algae were producing more in one area vs. another. We did this by subtracting the dark gross photosynthetic rate from the
This was done for each algae species. The next step was solving for the surface area comparison which can be labeled at mg of oxygen produced by cm squared per hour or micro grams of oxygen produced per hour by cm squared. First we took the number that we calculated previous which represented the total amount of oxygen produced by the algae itself and divided it by the surface area of that specific algae. Once that was done we were able to take that number and divide by the time that algae spent in its condition whether it was outside or inside. To make things easier on us we then converted this number to micrograms so the numbers were quite larger. Once the surface area comparison was conducted for the dark and light for each species we would calculated the gross photosynthesis measured in micrograms of oxygen produced each hour per each centimeter squared. In order to get this number we added the dark and light surface area comparison together for each species. The last and final calculation that was done was in regards to photosynthesis vs. dark respiration. We wanted to know if the algae were producing more in one area vs. another. We did this by subtracting the dark gross photosynthetic rate from the