Sidenote: I lost my hard-drive which contained all the pictures I took this week. So I will supplement them with less personal pictures off of the interweb.
The first creature I saw was a Diatom Pleurosigma angulatum. This Diatom has sort of a canoe-like shape with a sort of central orb(nucleus?) in the middle. The movements however were different from a Navicula, which looks similar. While the Navicula moves almost entirely in one motion, this Diatom clearly had a tail and a head. (Turtox 1937)
(Gouda 2011)
The second creature I saw was a member of the genus, Chaetonotus, which is a member of the phylum, Gastrotricha. This critter was very hard to capture under the lens. It was very quick and very agile. It had what I thought to be two antennas, but I now believe they are a part of the tail. (Thorp and Covich 2010)
(Proyecto Agua. 2009)
I then saw an Euplotes, a freshwater protozoa. I believe I had seen one the week before but it disappeared before I could capture it and ask Dr. McFarland what it was. It was impossible to capture it in full focus due to its dimensionality. So I wasn't surprised when I googled it and none of the pictures that showed up were totally in focus. I assume due to its thin skin, light shines through this species very easily, thus making it's inner organs quite visible. (Patterson 1996)
(Rotkiewicz P. 2003-2008)
I then saw another rotifer but I won't bother writing about it. However, after I saw this Rotifer, I thought I was done with the project. Then, Dr. McFarland stopped me and pointed out that I hadn't take any pictures of the algae, since they are in fact living too. So I snapped a picture of a Nodularia sp., a type of cyanobacteria. And then I got a picture of an Oscillatoria sp. Both of these protists are Algaes. (Patterson 1996)
(Kudela Lab)
(Silverside 1998)
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