Blog 4- Observations on November 6, 2013

(Patterson 2003)

(Forest 1954)

(Forest 1954)

(Patterson 2003)

(Rainis 1996)

(Pennak)

(Rainis 1996)

(Patterson 2003)

(Pennak)

(Pennak)

 

 

Not much changed occurred in the microaquarium from when I checked the week before. However, the rotifers do seem to be dying as I have found a few dead rotifers and did not observe any that were alive this week. The two organisms that state that they are unknown are very difficult to identify. They almost fit in with certain species, but something is always off. Most notably, they are missing a central vacuole at their tip. It is possible that they are not listed in the books available in the lab room, or it is also possible that they are a new species, which is very possible with microorganisms.