Daphnia

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<span style="color: rgb(29,22,22);"> =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">__**<span style="color: rgb(29,22,22);">What are Daphnia ? **__<span style="color: rgb(29,22,22);">  = <span style="color: rgb(29,22,22);"> ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: rgb(0,45,255);"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(244,78,224);"><span style="color: rgb(236,210,24);"><span style="color: rgb(223,222,12);"><span style="color: rgb(59,231,241);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; background-color: rgb(255,250,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,22,22);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[1][2]Water fleas are a type of <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">bioindicators <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. They can live in most waters and they indicate if there is to much <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">chlorine <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> in the water. If there is to much chlorine they will die. But,if you have no chlorine in the water they will be able to live. [2]Daphnia have a carapace that is a type of shell (7). They also have a brood pouch were they hold there unborn children(5).Daphnia are a great for <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">biological tests <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">       ====

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[3] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">media type="custom" key="2964256" [5] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(78,70,63); font-family: Verdana;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(78,70,63); font-family: Verdana;"> <span style="color: rgb(253,172,23);"> Diagram of daphnia.

<span style="background-color: rgb(255,15,34);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">How do Daphnia help the environmet ? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[6]water daphnia can let a person know that there is too much chlorine in the water .they tell us this by the amount of water daphnia in the area ,that means that there is a low amount of chlorine or that there no chlorine.If there are no daphnia near by water, that means that there is a high level of chlorine. <span style="background-color: rgb(255,15,34);"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(62,252,54);"><span style="color: rgb(245,128,230);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__Where can daphnia be found?__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[6]water daphnia can be found in freshwater pools,ponds and lakes. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">These creatures are found in almost every sample gallon of pond water. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This creature is very common to most fresh waters around the world. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: orange;"><span style="color: rgb(122,255,0); background-color: rgb(238,138,23);"> <span style="color: rgb(135,246,44);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250,234,234);"><span style="background-color: rgb(250,245,245);"><span style="color: rgb(17,8,8); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(248,241,241);"><span style="color: rgb(122,255,0); background-color: rgb(238,138,23);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__About the Daphnia:__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[6] The daphnia is a tiny pot bellied creature,it has a flat back a round head and belly,two black eyes and a pair of little antennas.Like other branchiopods the daphnia is also a foot breather. What i mean by this is that the daphnia has little gills on its feet. Branchiopods means gill feet. the latin word branchiomeans breathe.and the word poda means legs. the water flea glides through the water with its antennas but [4]Water Daphnia are all water bound but they still can move from pond to pond. They are <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(253,252,252);"><span style="background-color: rgb(233,32,206);">able to do this by sticking to the hairy underside of a Backswimmer that takes them too there next home were they can have there young. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(248,241,241);"><span style="color: rgb(122,255,0); background-color: rgb(238,138,23);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(253,252,252);"><span style="color: rgb(17,8,8); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250,234,234);"><span style="background-color: rgb(250,245,245);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: rgb(207,7,77);"><span style="background-color: rgb(94,246,81);"><span style="color: rgb(149,17,208);"><span style="color: rgb(24,242,237);"><span style="color: rgb(242,115,195); background-color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(235,85,5);"><span style="background-color: rgb(252,252,252);"><span style="color: rgb(50,241,148);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: orange;"><span style="background-color: rgb(233,32,206);"> <span style="color: rgb(44,239,31); background-color: rgb(16,15,15);"><span style="color: rgb(19,236,26); background-color: rgb(10,10,10);"><span style="color: rgb(106,246,55); background-color: rgb(68,44,44);">Even though they are very   <span style="background-color: rgb(235,229,229);"><span style="background-color: rgb(233,32,206);"><span style="color: rgb(44,239,31); background-color: rgb(16,15,15);"><span style="color: rgb(19,236,26); background-color: rgb(10,10,10);"><span style="color: rgb(106,246,55); background-color: rgb(68,44,44);">small they can still be seen by the naked eye. They are about a millameter in length. Mostley when they are healthy. They are a brownish orange color when they are healthy. You can tell a male daphnia and a female daphnia apart by their shape and size. Females are larger then male Daphnia. Also <span style="color: rgb(194,59,30); background-color: rgb(22,94,212);"><span style="color: rgb(53,248,72); background-color: rgb(5,5,5);">males are more of a triangular shape. Also the male daphnia are smaller then the female daphnia. Both genders of daphnia have a pair of antennaes. These <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(47,244,50); background-color: rgb(19,21,20);">are what male and female daphnia look like       <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(194,59,30); background-color: rgb(22,94,212);"><span style="color: rgb(53,248,72); background-color: rgb(5,5,5);"><span style="color: rgb(47,244,50); background-color: rgb(19,21,20);"><span style="color: rgb(106,246,55); background-color: rgb(68,44,44);"><span style="color: rgb(44,239,31); background-color: rgb(16,15,15);"><span style="color: rgb(19,236,26); background-color: rgb(10,10,10);">. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: rgb(207,7,77);"><span style="background-color: rgb(94,246,81);"><span style="color: rgb(149,17,208);"><span style="color: rgb(24,242,237);"><span style="color: rgb(242,115,195); background-color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="background-color: rgb(235,229,229);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(194,59,30); background-color: rgb(22,94,212);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: orange;">

<span style="color: rgb(245,15,15); background-color: rgb(250,250,250);"> This is a picture of a male daphnia. This is a picture of a female daphnia.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[1] Daly,Daniel "chlorine files" Detective Notebook. Cincinnati: Nagel Middle School, 2008 <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(78,70,63); font-family: Verdana;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(78,70,63); font-family: Verdana;">[2]Hine, Robert. " //Daphnia// ." //The Facts On File Dictionary of Biology, Fourth Edition//. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2005. //Science Online//. Facts On File, Inc. [|http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE40&SID=5&iPin=]FDBF0782&SingleRecord=True (accessed December 16, 2008). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(78,70,63); font-family: Verdana;">[3]" //Daphnia// : External Form." //Animal Anatomy On File, New Edition.// Copyright Diagram Visual Information Ltd., 2003. //Science Online//. Facts On File, Inc. [|http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE40&SID=5&iPin=]A0410&SingleRecord <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(78,70,63); font-family: Verdana;">[4]"Eggs of water-bound fleas get around." Copyright 2008 by United Press International. //Science Online//. Facts On File, Inc. [|http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE40&SID=5&iPin=]UPI-20080716-16022200&SingleRecord=True (accessed December 16, 2008).=True (accessed December 16, 2008). [5] Daphnai female pic, [|www.nikonsmallworld.com] [6] Daphnia male pic, [|www.daphniawordpress.com] [7] About Daphnia [|www.infoohio.com] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(78,70,63); font-family: Verdana;"> Daphnia [5]Daphnia with visible beating heart.8/09/08. teachertube.com.1/6/09 [|http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=f9223de3684d74b53be0] daphnia encyclopedia of animals 2006 http://www.infohio.org/daphnia