Plankton

Plankton Procedure Max and Jen


 * PURPOSE**:Completing this biotic test allows us to see the different kinds of plankton in the body of water. By identifying these, it's possible to determine the water quality. It is a bioindicator of the water quality.


 * MATERIALS:** information sheet, tape and a marker, 2 bottles and caps, and the net with glass container and wooden wind.


 * CONDUCTING TEST IN THE FIELD:**
 * 1) Put on life perservers and boat to the middle of the body of water with these items
 * 2) Cast out the net on the surface of the water
 * 3) Reel in with the wooden handle at a medium pace
 * 4) Take the water from the glass insert, and empty into one of the bottles.
 * 5) Repeat steps 2 through 4 three more times
 * 6) Cast out the net and allow it to sink to the bottom
 * 7) Reel in with the wooden handle at a medium pace
 * 8) Empty the water from the glass insert into the other empty bottle
 * 9) Repeat steps 7 through 9 three times
 * 10) Keep the two bottles separate
 * 11) Using the tape and marker, label the first one "Top Plankton" with your class period and the name of the pond
 * 12) Label the second bottle "Bottom Plankton" with your class period and the name of the pond
 * 13) Return safely to shore, in the boat

"John" = Max


 * IN CLASS:**
 * 1) Put the bottles into 2 separate, labeled glass bowls
 * 2) Take samples and identify various types of plankton found in your collection
 * 3) Post the different types found on the wikispace, under Plankton. Differentiate which was top and bottom

Bottom- 3 daphnia ,10 synedra, 2 cyclotella Top- 2 cyclps, 2 synedra, 1 actinosphaerium, 2 daphnia, 7 synedra,
 * TYPICAL READINGS:**