| | Category | ZO | L22 | Macro-invertebrates of the Rose Garden Pond: Part 2 |
| | Abstract | This is a continuation of my project from last year. |
| | My project's purpose was to create a two-year-long phenological |
| | timeline of the aquatic macro-invertebrate life in the four corners of the |
| | Henry Ford Rose Garden Pond. The application of my body of data was to |
| | help the University of Michigan-Dearborn naturalists conduct pond |
| | stewardship operations in such a way as to minimize detriment to the |
| | ecosystem. My hypothesis is that with 104 weeks of consecutive data I |
| | will be able to draw some conclusions about the macro-invertebrates that I |
| | studied. |
| | I acquired my data every Wednesday at approximately 3 p.m. In each |
| | corner of the pond, I netted plant matter and placed it into a water-filled |
| | pan. I swished the vegetation and removed it. I captured the macro- |
| | invertebrates, identified, counted and recorded them, and then released |
| | them, with their vegetation, back into their corner. In addition, each week I |
| | recorded water and air temperature, ice thickness, cloud cover and any |
| | other observations that may or may not affect my study. |
| | Bibliography | Tluczec, Andrew Aquatic Insects of the Rose Garden Pond. private |
| | publication for the University of Michigan Dearborn, 2003Reid, George K. |
| | Pond Life. New York, St. Martin's Press, 2001. |