Microscopic Flora and Fauna |
Microscopic Flora and Fauna |
| On 2 April 2002, students in Dr. Coté's Principles of
Biology Class at Radford University examined water samples from the wetland at the base of
the weeping tufa cliffs at the entrance of Wildwood Park. We now have three samples
from early April, 2000, 2001, and 2002. The weather in 2002 had been cold. Filamentaous algae were seen, as in April 2000, but unlike April 2001. Diatoms and insect nymphs and larva were present all three years, all the insects seemed smaller than in previous years. Ostracods were seen this year and in 2001, but not in 2000, while rotifers were this year and in 2000, but not in 2001. |
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The Organisms |
The students involved in the study: |
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Algae: Diatoms: Protozoa |
Animals: Hydra A Flatworm (Planarian) Nematode worms Annelids Snail Copepods -- Cyclops? Ostracods -- Cypridopsis? Water Sowbug -- Asellus Aquatic Mite Midge larvae Dipteran Larva (Fly?) Caddisfly Larva
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Quiana Butcher Kristen Collins Erin Cutitta Bryan DuVal Bryan Fong Jen Gammon Thomas Georgelas Rachel Greene Andrew Gross Jill Gugliotta Shannon Hunter |
Tim Kaufman Sarah Mihelarakis Matthew Osborne Lindsey Schreher Sachin Singh Andrea Swartz Karl Wais Gary White Kyndal Wisely Tyler Wood |
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