Week 4

So, this is a little late, mostly because I've been incredibly sick and unable to get out of bed for the past week.

Week 4 involved taking more pictures and finally identifying the creatures in my MicroAquarium.

In my last post, I had given all the creatures I observed affectionate pet names until such a time as I could properly identify them. I will now do so.

Sugar Pies= Lecane rotifers (Van Egmond, Wim. "Rotifers." Microscopy UK. 1995: On-View Ltd. Web. http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/rotidr.html)

Honey Bun= I could not find it again, so I could not identify it.

Kitty-Cat= Seed Shrimp (Thorp & Covich. Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates. 1991: Academic Press, San Diego. Page 695.)

Puppy Wuppy= Dileptus (Patterson, D.J. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa. 1992: Marison Publishing, Washington D.C. Page 135.)

Now, we get to the fun part: pictures!

As a note, it seemed that during week 4, the majority of the Dileptus died off, probably eaten by the seed shrimp, who were thriving.



Squishy= Just part of a bladderwort, one of the plants in the Micro-Aquarium.

Wiggles= Nematode (Smith, Douglas G. Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, Fourth Edition. 2001: John Wiley & Sons, New York. Page 193.)

This first picture is of the only Dilpetus I could find. ---->




The second picture is of a new type of creature, called a Cyclops. (Smith, Douglas G. Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, Fourth Edition. 2001: John Wiley & Sons, New York. Page 490.)

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The third picture is one of the many lacane rotifers I saw.
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<---- Here's a Nematode



This is another new creature, a Philodina rotifer. (Pennak. Fresh Water Invertebrates of the United States, Third Edition. 1989: John Wiley & Sons, New York. Page 172.) -------->










<----- That's a seed shrimp.




That concludes my observations and pictures for week 4.