Microscopic Flora and Fauna

On 29 August 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.  An amazing diversity of organisms was found at the end of what has been a very wet and mild summer.  What we would find in a drier summer must await future studies.

The Organisms        

The students involved in the study:
Algae:
Characium
Spirogyra
Zygnema

Diatoms:
  Gomphonema
  Navicula
  Nitzschia
  Surirella
  Synedra

Unknowns:
Unknown I

 Animals:
Nematode worms

Snail

Crustaceans:
  Asellus
  Eubranchipus?

Diptera Larvae:
  Chironomid (midge) larva
  Fly larva -- Odontomyia?
  Fly larva -- Stratiomys?

Beetle (Coleoptera) larva -- Bidessus?

Red Mite

 

 Tricia Adams
Derek Bauckman
Dustin Bond
Jaime Cassavechia
Ana Castro
Betsy Cunningham
Brigid Darling
Jennifer Dell
Nicole Davis
Becky Evaldi
Vanessa Hartley
Jody Haynes
Brandi Hostetter
Kris Howard
Jay Hullett
Karen Hunyadi
Crystal Lawhorn
Yodit Machai		 Renee Moon
Amy Nash
Melee Pal
Jamie Payne
Sherri Rickman
Raven Robinson
Jess Seamon
Chris Slaydon
Kelly Slingerland
Monica Smith
Christine Stewart
Lynnie Summerlin
Brian Taylor
Heidi Thompson
Rachel Thompson
Tek Von Essen
Kylie Williamson
Ginny Young
Amy Yourchisin

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