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Thursday, November 20, 2008. A single water mite was found at the bottom third of the aquarium. It showed very little movement, staying in the same area the entire time I observed it. Its movement was slow, extending one or a few claws perhaps to rotate or scuttle a bare bit. The dinoflagellates Perididium willei have increased in number. I have seen at least six this week since the first week. Sunday, November 9, 2008.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008. Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa. pgs 125, 133, 91, 98, 158. Scholastic Library Publishing, 1996. Monday, November 24, 2008. Rotifers - very few compared to past observations. This being the last week of observat.
Sunday, November 16, 2008. For this experiment the conclusion is that the moving organisms eventually ate up all of the food and died off. While most of the stationary organisms increased because they did not eat the same thing to survive. This experiment shows that every habitat has a limiting capacity unless more food is added organisms will die off until it reaches its carrying capacity. Saturday, November 8, 2008. Sunday, November 2, 2008.
Sunday, November 16, 2008. Just as last week the M. has once again become a completely different environment. Only two microorganisms were identifiable this week, and the plant material has changed. The leafy plant material located approximately half-way down in the center of the M. The most stable population of the microorganisms seems to be the species. I could not tell what type of paramecium it was specifically. But the flagella that are located all around. I was able to fi.