Week 1

The organisms in the water collected from Spring Creek in Dean's Woods N35 55.274 W083 56.888 848 ft on 10/12/2014 have become more plentiful (McFarland 2014). 
Many of the creatures observed were close to the dirt layer or found directly around the living plant tissue.  Many other moving organisms were observed but were too small to take a picture of.

 1

Euchlanis sp. is a member of Rotifera (Pennak 1989) and was found scooting around the water in low density debris near the middle of the water.  Only one was observed.

 2

Litonotus sp. (Patterson 2013) was found reaching its way across and around the plant material.  Only one was observed.

3

This unID'd rotifer(?) was spotted near the substrate at the bottom of the tank.  Only one was spotted.

4

This unID'd rotifer(?) was spotted near the substrate at the bottom of the tank.  Only one was spotted.

5

A few of these unID'd Protists(?) were observed

6

Anisonema sp. has one larger recurrent flagellum that drags (pictured) and an anterior flagellum that beats normally. (Patternson 2013) One Anisonema was spotted near plant tissue.