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limnology

TermDefinition
optimal foraging changes in feeding behavior based on quality of food
cyclomorphosis the tendency to grow spines on shell in response to an abundance of predators
saltaroy swimming moving in jumps
photoautotrophs use light to make their own food
synapomorphy a derived character trait used to group organisms into a taxon
macroinvertebrates aquatic insect larvae
authochothonous organic matter made in the system
allochthonous organic matter made outside the system
cyprinidae carpio carp
cyprinidae minnows
lepomis blue gill sunfish
esox pike
micropterus large mouth bass
ictalurus punctatus channel catfish
nymphaea water lily floating leaf/rooted
hydrila submergent- rooted does not go above water
typha cat tails emergent- rooted, partially above water
eichhornia water hyacinth free-floating
lemna duck weed free-floating
hexagenia mayflies
anostiaca brine shrimp/sea monkeys
oligochaeta hirudinea leaches
mysis relic oppossum shrimp
arthropoda crustacea- daphnia water fleas
rhodophyta- red algae "bangia"-only freshwater lives in great lakes
cryptopytes crytomonas- 2 uneven flagella
filamentous green algea spirogyra
chlorophyta green algea desmids- sometimes arranged like snow flakes
volvox chlorophyta colonial, flagellate daughter colonies within parental colonies
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