Blog #4

November 19th
     As I was observing my micro-aquarium again this week, I was able to observe new things.  This was the only was i could get my photos on here.
   Peranema sp..psd 1 MB Recipients can edit Recipients can view Cancelling... This is a picture of Peranema sp.  It was pretty hard to get a picture of it because it is very active and squirms.
   Oscillatoria sp..psd 1 MB Recipients can edit Recipients can view Cancelling...This image is of Oscillatoria sp.  It is very long and sometimes has very pointed ends.
   Nodularia sp..psd 1 MB Recipients can edit Recipients can view Cancelling... Nodularia sp. is what is in the picture.  It is short and very smooth.
   Gomphosphaeria sp..psd 1 MB Recipients can edit Recipients can view Cancelling... This is Gomphosphaeria sp.
   Epalxis sp..psd 1 MB Recipients can edit Recipients can view Cancelling... In this image you can see Epalxis sp.
   Difflugia sp..psd 1 MB Recipients can edit Recipients can view Cancelling... You are able to see Difflugia sp. in this image.  From looking at this image you can see that the cytoplasms have collapsed.
   Cladophora sp..psd 1 MB Recipients can edit Recipients can view Cancelling... Cladophora sp. is in this picture.  It is very common and abundant in rivers, lakes, and small bodies of water.  An interesting fact about it is that it is the cause of swimmers itch.
   Cyclidium sp..psd 1 MB Recipients can edit Recipients can view Cancelling... Cyclidium sp.  is shown in this image.  It has a long cilia and a flap that vibrates.

BIbliography   Canter-lund, Hilda; Freshwater Algae; Pg. 41, Pg. 197

  Forest, Herman Silva, Handbook of Algae Pg. 147, 1954

  Patterso, D.J.; Free-living Freshwater Protozoa; Pg. 50, Pg. 95,
  

Blog #3

November 12th

In this observation a saw a number of new things.

The first image is a Centropyxis sp. It is a testate amoeba with lobos pseudopodia.  It has a flattened ventral surface with a single aperture located near the end(D.J. Patterso, Pg.95).

This image is Chroococcus sp.  As you can see from the picture it is green and hemispherical.




In this picture there is a Closterium sp.  From looking at the picture you can see that it is green and is also curved shaped.    If you look close you can see that it has a nucleus in the middle of it.




This is a nice picture of a Cyclops.  By looking at the picture you can see that it is very large.




In this picture you can see the end of a Doro sp.  The Doro sp. as a whole was very long and was very active.




This image is a Limnias sp.  You are able to see the head of it in the image, and when looking at it under the microscope the head was moving back and forth very frequently.


Overall this was a good observation and i was able to see a lot of things and get some pretty good pictures.  Fortunately i was able two find all of these in two books.



BIbliography

   Canter-lund, Hilda; Freshwater Algae; Pg. 41, Pg. 197

  Patterso, D.J.; Free-living Freshwater Protozoa; Pg. 50, Pg. 95,

Blog #2

     I observed my  micro-aquarium for a second time on October 23rd.  After a week i really didn't notice much difference from last week.  I still saw little bubbles that looked like spiders bouncing around everywhere.  Last week the particles bouncing around everywhere really looked like spiders, but this week they were more of a bubble shape.  I noticed that the bubbles were mostly around the main stems of the plants.  On most of the main stems of both plants i noticed large dark green bubbles on them and im curious to figure out what those are, because i don't remember seeing those last week.  The pictures i got this week weren't the best and weren't worth putting up so i hope to get better ones next week now that i have more of an idea of what i am doing.

Blog number #1

     On October 14, 2014 we created our micro-aquarium.  Our  aquarium consist  of a clean glass slide, a stand that the slide sits in, and piece that covers the opening of the slide.  The piece that covers the top of the slide sticks to the top because of the blue stick glue we used.  I picked water #9 to use in my micro-aquarium, and got the chance to look at it under the microscope.  As I looked at it under different zooms of the microscope I noticed different things.  The main things I saw were small things jumping and moving around that looked like little spiders or something.  I am curious to find out and see under the microscope as time goes on.