This week I explored my MicroAquarium at a microscope that has a camera attached so you can take photos and also observe on a desktop screen instead of peering through the microscope. I photographed several creatures and made a short video of a Licanidae rotifer (Thorp and Covich 1991) which can be viewed below. Other creatures I have identified include a rotifer Pterodina (Ward and Whipple 1918) and a diatom Pinnularia (Canter-Lund and Lund 1995). Pinnularia stack together and I observed a stack of two and a stack of four. I will try to attach photos of these and others next week when I have identified more.
I spent a lot of time learning to use the equipment and editing my photos this week. Next week I plan to spend more time trying to get a sense of the populations of creatures in my MicroAquarium and identifying the creatures I have photographed this week.
Citations:
Thorp JH, Covich AP ed. 1991. Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates. San Diego: Academic Press, Inc.
Ward HB, Whipple GC. 1918. Fresh-water Biology. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Canter-Lund H, Lund JWG. 1995. Freshwater Algae. Bristol (England): Biopress Ltd.
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