November 12, 2010

The four above pictures are of the Non-biting Midge that was in my microaquarium.  The following book was used in its identification:  Olsen L, Sunesen J, Pedersen B.  2001.  Small Freshwater Creatures.  New York:  Oxford University Press, p. 78.

I identified the Ostracods in the aquarium using:  Olsen L, Sunesen J, Pedersen B.  2001.  Small Freshwater Creatures.  New York:  Oxford University Press, p. 138.

This is a picture of one of the Cyclopses in the tank.  Its identification was made possible by:  Thorp JH, Covich AP.  1991.  Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates.  San Diego:  American Press Inc., p. 461.

This Rotifer of family Mytilinidae was identified using:  Thorp JH, Covich AP.  1991.  Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates.  San Diego:  American Press Inc., p. 233.

The identification of this attached (non-free living) Rotifer was aided in the use of:  Pennak RW.  1989.  Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States:  Protozoa to Mollusca.  3rd ed.  New York:  John Wiley & Sons, p. 219.