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Week 2: Observations

On october 23, 2012 I observed a new organism that looked like a worm but with segmented body sections. After closely examining the multi-cellular organism, it moves around by convulsing its entire body and it moves so fast that it looks like it is a continuous figure eight shape. Then when it stops its straight as shown in the picture above and you can see the segments of the body. The organism is a Diptera sp. Midge which is an insect larva (Thorp and Covich). Towards the tail end of the body there is a section that juts out of the body those are the formation of legs for the insect (Thorp and Covich).

Week 1: Observations

After placing the natural spring water and approximately 2 centimeters of mud along the bottom of the aquarium from Carter Mill Park, I then placed the Amblestegium moss and Utricularia gibba L. flowering carnivous plant into the aquarium apparatus. As I examined the aquarium under the microscope there were multiple multicellular organisms swimming around. All the organisms were swimming around franticly in the mud and from leaf to leaf on both of the plants that I was unable to acquire a close look to be able to identify this type of multicellular organism. The next time I observe my Micro Aquarium the organisms should have calmed down and settled into their new environment for me to get a close look to verify what type of organisms they are (Evert and Eichhorn) (McFarland and Cook).

Elements in the MicroAquarium

To start out constructing my Micro Aquarium I had to scrape out all the blue residue to ensure the lid and base would fit firmly to prevent water from escaping and the Aquarium from falling over from the slightest movement. Within the Micro Aquarium I used a spring water source that was collected from Carter Mill Park on October 9, 2012 at an elevation of 940 ft that is exposed to partial shade. This can be found at Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. Tennessee with exact coordinates of N36 01.168 W83 42.832. Along with the water from the source, approximately 2 cm of the mud from that location was added into the Aquarium. There were also two plants added to my Micro Aquarium called Amblestegium and Utricularia gibba L.  Amblestegium is a moss that lives in partial shade, collected for the natural spring at Carters Mill Park, located on Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. Tennessee and has exact coordinates of N36 01.168 W83 42.832. This plant was collected on October 9, 2012. The Utricularia gibba L. is a flowering, carnivous plant that originated from the south shore of Spain Lake (N 35o55 12.35" W088o20' 47.00), Camp Bella Air Road East of Sparta Tennessee in White Co. and was grown in water tanks outside of greenhouse at Hesler Biology Building on The University of Tennessee campus, Knox. Co. Knoxville TN.