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Week 5 11/17/13

I saw an increased number of organisms named Aeolosoma leidyi sp. They are a type of worm. They were very active along the sides of the aquarium. I counted at least ten or more crawling up one side. However, I did not see any new organisms. I saw a few amoebas and a lot of dinoflagellates.

Bibliography

Patterson,D. J. 1992. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa. 1st edition. Washington (DC): Manson Publishing Ltd. 49 p.

Pennak, Robert W. 1989. Fresh-water Invertebrates of the United States. 3rd edition. New York City (NY): John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 628 p.

Rainis, Kenneth G. Russell, Bruce J. 1996. Guide to Microlife. 1st edition. Canada: Franklin Watts. 287 p.

Week 4

This week I found an Amoeba radiosa. This organism change form all the time. I also found a bunch of Epalxis sp. My organisms were very active and spread throughout the aquarium. The number of organisms have increased. I have not noticed any dead organisms at the bottom of the tank. I have found that there are more moving organisms than there are stationary.

Water Source

Tommy Schumpert Pond, Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, Kelly Lane , Knox Co. Tennessee. Partial shade exposure Sheet runoff around sink hole. N35 57.256 W83 41.503 947 ft 10/13/2013

Plants

Fontinalis sp. Moss. Collected from: Holston River along John Sevier Hwy under I 40 Bridge Partial shade exposure Holston River water Shed N36 00.527 W83 49.549 823 ft 10/13/2013

Amblestegium varium (Hedwig) Lindberg. Moss. Collection from: Natural spring. at Carters Mill Park, Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. TN. Partial shade exposure. N36 01.168 W83 42.832. 10/13/2013

Utricularia gibba L. Flowering plant. A carnivous palnt. Original material from south shore of Spain Lake (N 35o55 12.35" W088o20' 47.00), Camp Bella Air Rd. East of Sparta Tn. in White Co. and grown in water tanks outside of greenhouse at Hesler Biology Building. The University of Tennessee. Knox Co. Knoxville TN. 10/13/2013

Week 3

I found two new organisms. One was a Nematoda. It was a worm like organism and it moved like a worm also. The other organism I spotted was a Rotifer. It had a lot of cila around its mouth and it had a "Y" split of flagellum. There was a lot of organisms in the top of the top layer of the aquarium because of the Beta Food Pellet. "On Friday October 25, 2013 "ONE" Beta Food Pellet was inserted into each microaquarium. On your blog posting for this week include date the food pellet was added along with the following information: "Atison's Betta Food" made by Ocean Nutrition, Aqua Pet Americas, 3528 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104. Ingredients: Fish meal, wheat flower, soy meal, krill meal, minerals, vitamins and preservatives. Analysis: Crude Protein 36%; Crude fat 4.5%; Crude Fiber 3.5%; Moisture 8% and Ash 15%" (Mcfarland)

 McFarland, Kenneth [Internet] Botany 111 Fall 2013. cited Nov. 11 2013. http://botany1112013.blogspot.com/

week 2

There seemed to be more moving organisms than there were stationary. I found an organism called Cercomonas. It had two flagellates and the front one moved it. This organism was multicellular which most of everything I saw was multicellular. I didn't see many chlorophyll green organisms. The organisms that I saw were mainly in the middle. I only saw one of this kind of organism.

Patterson,D. J. 1992. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa. 1st edition. Washington (DC): Manson Publishing Ltd. 49 p.

Week 1

We set up our MicroAquarium and looked at them. My water came from the French Broad river. It includes the all three plants: Fontinalis sp. Amblestegium varium (Hedwig) Lindberg. Utricularia gibba. I found lots of moving organisms and some stationary. The moving organisms were moving in an S pattern. I used a motion like a worm. All of them were multicellular and  were non-green. I find some organisms in the middle and bottom of the aquarium. I saw two dinoflagellates and one that might have been a mosquito larva.