Woodland Ecology: Pond Life

Aquatic Macroinvertebrates:  the key to water quality!
go to this site to boost your pond life identification skills

Virtual Pond Dip
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/index.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/ponddip/index.html

Study up on and Quiz yourself on the following: 
1-Odonata:  dragonfly larva vs damselfly larva
2-Mayfly larva
3-Stonefly larva
4-Dobsonfly larva
5-Mosquito larva
6-Nematode
7-Leech
8-Snail, mud or rams horn
9-Fingernail clam
10-Tadpole vs Salamander larva
11-Hydra

Microguys:
1-Copepod
2-Amphipod
3-Ostracod
4-Daphnia
5-Volvox
6-Parmecium or Vorticella or Rotifer