Set-up of Microaquarium:
To begin to construct the microaquarium I was given the
actual microaquarium sample slide as well as a base and cover in order to
create the sample. The sample of water was taken from Third Creek at Tyson Park. Knox Co. Knoxville TN Partial shade
exposure. N30 57 13.53 W83 56 32.37 824 ft. 10/14/2013. After enough of the
sample was filled with water I then These plants
were Fontinalis sp. Moss. collected from the Holston River along John Sevier
Highway under the I 40 Bridge. This area has partial shade exposure at N36
00.527 W83 49.549 823 ft on 10/13/2013. The second plant added was Utricularia
gibba L. Flowering plant. A carnivous plant. The original material is from the
south shore of Spain Lake( N 35o55 12.35" W088o20' 47.00) Camp Bella Air
Road East of Sparta, Tn. in White County and grown in water tanks outside of
the greenhouse at Hesler Biology Building. The University of Tennessee, Knox
County, Knoxville, Tennessee on 10/13/2013. After this we will continue to check and record the sample weekly to determine what organisms have grown and developed from different sources of H20. (Mcfarland, 2013)
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