Sunday, November 18, 2012

Bibliography

Bibliography

Cook R, McFarland K. 2012. General Botany 111 Laboratory Manual. 
Lee JJ, Hutner SH, Bovee EC. 1985. An Illustrated guide to the protozoa. Lawrence, Kan., U.S.A.: Society of Protozoologists
Patterson DJ, Hedley S. 1996. Free-living freshwater protozoa : a colour guide. New York [etc.]; London; Sydney: Wiley ; Manson ; UNSW Press
Pennak RW. 1989. Fresh-water invertebrates of the United States : Protozoa to Mollusca. New York [etc.]: John Wiley.
Peter Raven RE, Susan Eichhorn. 2005. Biology of Plants: W.H. Freeman and Co Publishers.




Friday, November 16, 2012

Update 3

On November 14, 2012 approxiamately at 9:00 am another observation was made with Dr. Kenneth McFarland and myself.  At this viewing the following identifications were made.  Figure 1 is a picture of a Cladocera, aka water flea.

Figure 1.


In this next video you will see a actinosphaerium.  You will see in this video that a sack builds water then burst.  Listen closely and you can hear my instructor, Dr. Kenneth McFarland, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, explain what is going on.


In this last video you will see an amoeba type orgainism.  You can clearly see the cytoplasmic streaming.  This is the how this organism moves.





Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Update 2

Today, November 2, 2012, I placed the micro-aquarium back under the microscope.  Two "swimmers" was identified today to be a halteria and rotifer.  Below are two pictures that were taken.


On our next update we will be attempting to capture some video.

Here is a video of a halteria swimming around within my aquarium.