NOVEMBER 13, 2008

1 seed shrimp (still there)
mostly rotifers, and small ciliates (everywhere)
-vorticella
-gastrotricha (kingdom: animal Phylum: Gastrotricha Genus: Lepidodermella)
Guide to Microlife by Kenneth G. Rainis, Bruce J. russell Pg 175
-few paremecium
-filamentous diatoms (looks like little dumbells stuck to each other)
-coleps
(coleps dividing??? not sure..but parmecium swam by and knocked it away...could not find it anymore)
FreshwaterProtozoa Pg 163
- one amoeba

November 6, 2008

water evaportated...filled little less than 1/2 tank
- found more organisms where the water was evaporated (mostly rotifers)
rotifers-(3? caterpillar-like (movement and appearance)) (MANY shelled rotifers)
(1) seed shrimp-larger than the other organisms
(1) annelid (aeolosoma)- worm-like (long/thick) glides
flagellates-(many)living cells, jerking motion
vorticella-but did not react when tapping the micro aquarium

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Amoeba (thick, long) moves very slowly
(Patterson, D.J.. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa: A Colour Guide. John Wiley & Sons, 1998.) (pg 98)

Vorticella-cilia (little threads that pull water into mouth)
-tap the aquarium the vorticella turns into a ball, and back into it's regular shape (looks like a flower that is blooming) (will post video later)
(Patterson, D.J..Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa: A Colour Guide. John Wiley & Sons, 1998.)
(pg 113)

Ostracods (seed shrimp)-many antennas, big
(Guide to Microlife by Kenneth G. Rainis and Bruce J. Russell 1996) (pg 209)

Parmecium-cilia

Nematods-long/thin (worm-like)

(could not find the two insect larvas I saw last time)

OCTOBER 23, 2008

tachysoma
(Patterson, D.J.. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa: A Colour Guide. John Wiley & Sons, 1998. ) (pg 125)
rotifers (philodina)
nematodes (long/skinny)

two insect larvas

(1) six legs

(2) midge (worm-like)

OCTOBER 14, 2008

POND 3/PLANT A/B

-one direction
-oscillating
-single celled swarming
-swims up and down

(mostly near plants)