Microscopic Flora and Fauna

On 3 April 2000, 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.  Although it was still early spring and the water was cold, an amazing diversity of organisms was found.

The Organisms        

The students involved in the study:
Algae:
Spirogyra
Microspora
Zygnema
Gloeocystis

Diatoms
   Cymbella
   Navicula
   Synedra

 

 Protozoa:
A ciliate

Animals:
A copepod -- Canthocamptus?
Fly (Diptera) larva -- Euparyphus
Nematode worms
Rotifers
Stonefly (Plecoptera) nymph

 

 Lauren Akers
Jen Alfredson
Carlin Benedetto
Shayla Bonds
Ryan Caton
Alison Douglas
LeTina Giles
Jarrett Hairston
Jen Herbert
David Heroman
Kerri Hicks
Jammie Hillian
Mike Jones
Atona Dalanne King
Jessie Lichtenfels
Evan Loflin		 Lashonda Mitchell
Neal Parsons
Amelia Pavley
Jacob Rimpau
Grant Simmons
Anouri Skeen
Annie Smith
Jessica Smith
Jess Spencer
Brian Staples, Jr.
Catherine Stone
Lewis Talley
Matt Tankersley
Chris Trotter
Amy Tuckwiller
Toni Wright

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