ACC common pond water sample organisms

This guide is to some of the common pond sample organisms seen by students in the BIOL 1407 class. This is to be used to help identify organisms from pond water samples.

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Paramecium ¹

Ceratium ²

Loxodes ³

Cymbella ⁴

Pinnularia ²

Stentoridae ²

Euplotes ⁵

Gyrosigma ²

Gomphonema ⁶

Paramecium bursaria ²

Vorticella ⁷

Fragilaria ²

Heliozoa ⁸

Hantzschia ²

Synedra ⁹

Blepharisma ²

Actinosphaerium ²

Pinnularia ²

Nitzschia ²

Gomphonema ¹⁰

Ulnaria ¹¹

Cocconeis ²

Fragilaria ¹²

Diatoma ¹¹

Navicula ¹³

Melosira ¹⁴

Achnanthidium ¹⁵

Meridion ¹²

Urocentrum ¹⁶

Coleps ⁵

Gomphonema acuminatum ¹⁷

Bacillaria paxillifer ¹⁸

Hydrosera

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