Here is our spreadsheet with the data from Oct 16 added:  JordanLake_2010_zoop_Oct16.  There was a great deal of sediment in the samples, which made counting difficult.  Most groups had clumps of sediment left in their sample cups, which probably contained some zooplankton – I found a few D. lumholtzi individuals when I looked through the sediment dregs of one group’s cup.  So, please consider this data point preliminary, because I plan to count the other two replicates as a form of “quality control!”

Some other important notes:

• it seemed that most of the native zooplankton was comprised of Asplanchna (see photo).
• in September the dominant native species was Diaphanosoma, but I don’t think we saw any this time (Oct students, is this correct?  See the picture in your packet)

Please note in your comments anything you saw that you think might be noteworthy!