Observation 5

On this last observation I noticed that there was significant loss of life. I did not see many living organisms in the soil or moving freely within the tank. But, what I had noticed that Increased was diatoms and cyanobacteria. Another organism that I had noticed increase was the Dero. These past weeks I have been watching it grow and divide into many immature Deros. This week I saw an organism that I had never seen before in the tank. It is Tardigrada sp. (Pennak,1989).


This was a moving organism, it has eight legs. It moved like it was walking from object to object. This was a multi cellular and non-green chlorophyll organism. I saw it near the middle layer of the tank. This was the only one that I saw of its species. I was surprised to see it because they are so rare to see.

Bibliography

Pennak, Robert. 1989. Fresh-Water Invertebrates of the United States. 3rd ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  

Observation 4

Week 4:  This week i noticed in my micro aquarium had a significant less amount of organisms.  During week 1 I recored a Dero a worm like organisms that separates into smaller Dero's.  This week I saw many deros that had been made from the original.  Another thing I noticed that there was fewer organisms near the bottom of the tank, but much more near the top.  Also on the bottom I noticed caucuses of dead organisms.  The amount of cyanobacteira that was living week 1 can significantly increased to week 4.  Other organisms that I noticed from other weeks are rotifers, diatoms, seed shrimp, vorticella, and nematodes.

Anisonema sp. (Patterson, 1996) This was a quick moving, shy, organisms.  I think it may have been scared of the light  because when the light from the microscope would get close to Anisonema it would move fast and hard to capture it in a picture. It moves by two flagella, the front is shorter than the one in the back.  The two flagella is what make this organism unique.  This is a multi-cellular organism and chlorophyll green.  I saw this in the middle of the tank swimming.  This was the only one that I saw of Anisonema.   

Bibliography

Patterson D.J. 1996.  Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa. 1st edu.  Manson Publishing. 54p. 

Observation 3

In my micro aquarium this week i noticed that there wasn't as many organisms in my tank.  During the second week a food pellet was added so they thrived off that.  But this week they had to go back to their normal eating habits which killed some of the tank.  Two organisms stood out to me this week.



The Vorticella sp.(Patterson 1996)  This was a moving organism that's flagella was attached part of the plant Amblestegium varium (Hedwig) Lindberg. Moss.Collection from: Natural spring. at Carters Mill Park, Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. TN. Partial shade exposure. N36 01.168 W83 42.832. 10/12/2014.  
The top part of the plant, that looks like a triangle, looked to have blades spinning out of its opening.  It was also swaying in a back and forth motion.  I think that it was multi cellular and chlorophyll green organism.  I found it near the middle layer of the tank.




The second one i observed was the Monostyla sp. (Pennak, 1953) it is a rotifer.  This was a moving organism that has a flagella.  It is a multi cellular organism and is non-chlorophyl green.  I saw many rotifers on all levels of the tank.


Bibliography

Patterson D.J. 1996.  Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa. 1st edu.  Manson Publishing. 113p. 

Pennak, Robert.  1953. Fresh-Water Invertebrates of the United States. 1st edu. The Ronald Press Company. 208p. 

Observation 2

In my MicroAquarium for week 2, on Friday October 24, 2014 "one"  Beta Food Pellet, "Atison's Betta Food" made by Ocean Nutrition, Aqua Pet Americas, 3528 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104. Ingredients: Fish meal, wheat flower, soy meal, krill meal, minerals, vitamins and preservatives. Analysis: Crude Protein 36%; Crude fat 4.5%; Crude Fiber 3.5%; Moisture 8% and Ash 15%, was added to my MicroAquarium(McFarland, 2014).  To observe my MicroAquarium i had to use a microscope that was attached to a camera, so I could capture images of the organisms living within it.  At this observation I recorded 5 organisms.  I also saw a couple of dead organisms near the bottom of my tank.  

Organisms I recored in my MicroAquarium Observed Oct 29 2014: 

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1) Closterium sp.(Pennak, 1953)  This was a moving organism, moving like it was slowly floating in the liquid.  It is a multi cellular organism that has chlorophyll green.  Its habitat preference was middle and top layers.  I recorded many of these organisms.  

2)  Arcella sp. (Patterson, 1996) This organism was stationary.  It looked to be a single celled organism and a non-green organism.  This organism favored the middle layer of the aquarium.  I only saw one of Arcella sp. 

3) Navicula sp.(Vinyard, 1979)   These organisms were moving, they had a slow darting motion.  These are multi cellular organisms.  They are also chlorophyll green organisms.  I saw them living in all three layers. 

4)  Nematoda sp.(Wolle, 1884)  These organisms are moving everywhere, they move fast and the motion is like they are flinging both ends of their bodies.  They seem to be multi cellular and chlorophyll green.  I saw many of these in all three layers.  

5) Rotifera sp.(Pennak, 1989)  Is a moving organism, when it moves its like it is shaking and moving its body back on forth very quickly.  It is a multi cellular organism and is non-green organism.  I saw these more towards the bottom of the aquarium.  

Bibliography

McFarland, Kenneth [Internet] Botany 111 Fall 2014. [cited November 24,2014]. Available from http://botany1112014.blogspot.com/

Pennak, Robert. 1989. Fresh-Water Invertebrates of the United States. 3rd ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  

Vinyard, William.  1979. Diatoms of North America. 1st ed. Mad River Press, Inc. 153 p. 

Wolle, Francis. 1884. Desmids of the United States. 1st edu. Moravian Publication Office. 215 p. 

Pennak, Robert.  1953. Fresh-Water Invertebrates of the United States. 1st edu. The Ronald Press Company.  

Patterson D.J. 1996.  Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa. 1st edu.  Manson Publishing.  96 p. 

Observation 1

Water source that I used to set up was Water pool below spring. Lynnhurst Cemetery off of Adair Drive. Knox Co. Knoxville TN. Partial shade exposure Spring Feed Pond N36 01.357 W83 55.731 958 ft 10/12/2014, was the water pool below spring, Lynnhurst Cemetery.  Organisms I observed in week 1.  I observed a dark single cell organism that was a shape of a circle by a stem.  It was spinning in circles, maybe eating?  Another organism I saw had a cone or trumpet shape body.  It was darting into the soil.  Another dark single cell organism by the surface of the soil.  Two dark brown circular cell organisms coming out of the soil.  A cell that looked like the head of a trumpet with bunch of filters at the widest part of the body, then it darted into the soil.

Lab section: 04 light blue
Table: dark blue
seat number: red

Lab set up procedure:
After I had assembled my micro aquarium and picked my water source.  I got a pipet and extracted water and soil from the very bottom.  Then I extracted water and soil that had settled onto of the leaves in the tank.  The third area i got water from was the very top water in the tank.  Next I added two plants to the micro aquarium. Plant 1) Amblestegium varium (Hedwig) Lindberg. Moss.
Collection from: Natural spring. at Carters Mill Park, Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. TN. Partial shade exposure. N36 01.168 W83 42.832. 10/12/2014 and plant 2) Utricularia gibba L. Flowering plant. A
carnivorous plant. Original material from south shore of Spain Lake (N 35o55 12.35" W088o20' 47.00), Camp Bella Air Rd. East of Sparta Tn. in White Co. and grown in water tanks outside of greenhouse at Hesler Biology Building. The University of Tennessee. Knox Co. Knoxville TN.
10/12/2014. Then I observed and wrote down what I saw.

10/19/14 week 1