ecoflask lab

Common Ecoflask Organisms Autotrophs (primary producers)

• Elodea • Duckweed • Javamoss • Ceratophyllum • Miriophyllum • Euglena • unicellular algae • Volvox • Stokesia (ciliate) • Micrasterias • Closterium • Synura • Spirogryra • Oscillatoria

Heterotrophs

Primary consumers (herbivores) • Ciliate • Protozoan • Rotifer • Ostracod • Copepod • Bosmina/Daphnia • Tardigrades (Water bear) • Ameoba • Paramecium

Secondary consumers (carnivores) • Amphipod • Insect larvae -- can also be herbivorous • Snail

Tertiary consumers (detritivores) • Water mite • Planarian • Annelid • Nematode