Week #5 Observations

This week I saw a Water Mite in my MicroAquarium. Water Mites look like fat little spiders. They have a flat, round body with four hairy pairs of legs for swimming. Water Mites eat plants, decaying organisms, and humus. Water Mites swim in slow flowing and shallow water among plants. They live in all freshwater environments, but are more abundant in species and number in slow-moving waters.

"Water Mite." Buglopedia. Web. 15 Nov 2009. http://www.bugsurvey.nsw.gov.au/html/popups/bpedia_05_sens_wa-mi.html

Week #4 Observations

This week I found new interseting organisms in my MicroAquarium...
The first new protozoa that I found was called a Lecane. Its appearance resembles that of a crab and it uses a flagella for movement.
The next new protozoa that I found in my MicroAquarium was an Amoeba. All of the organisms organelles and cytoplasm are enclosed in a cell membrane. An Amoeba obtains its food through phagocytosis.

Sources

"Lecane." Lecane Rotifer. Web. 8 Nov 2009. http://www.microscopyu.com/staticgallery/dxm1200/lecanerotifer.html

"Amoeba." Amoeba Proteus. Web. 8 Nov 2009. http://www.oberlin.k12.oh.us/talent/isp/reports2002/amoebaproteus/parts.htm

Week #3 Observations

Nothing new happened in my MicroAquarium this week. The only changes that I could see was that the populations of Cyanobacteria, Trachyosoma, Vorticella, and Euploes exploded.