April 3, 2001 Report

On 3 April 2001, 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. This was exactly one year after the first sample from this area was studied. The weather in the preceding weeks had been unseasonably cold. Surprisingly no filamentaous algae were seen, although they were abundant in April 2000. Diatoms and insect nymphs and larva were present both years. Ostracods were also seen, although they were not seen in April 2000.
*The Organisms*		*The students involved in the study:*
Diatoms: Nitzschia Navicula	Animals: An ostracod -- Cypridopsis? Stonefly (Plecoptera) nymph Nematode worms An annelid (bristle worm)?	Amine Antari Saba Atashbarghi Drew Bennsky Nathan Chitwood Nick Clavio Kelly Clinton Wendy Coleman Jessica Davis Tracy Foster Kelly Foy Shannon Godfrey Kareece Henderson	Amy Herman Ben Johnson Andrew Moeslein Sean Mykietyn Allison Parris Maurika Quarles Jeanette Sims Jessica Smith Chavon Starks Jackie Toms Alison Walsh Wesley Williams

Microscopic Flora and Fauna