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Step 9

Step 9
Stewart Lake, Santa Fe National Forest, Sante Fe County, New Mexico, USA
August 18, 2018
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9. After things settle, retrieve solids from the bottom of pint jar with pipette. Place some in a flat bottom petri dish no more than one layer deep. Cover with water to a shallow depth. Multiple samples may be needed if there is too much detritus. The image shown is a 15 mm square area of the petri disk. There are many things alive and moving at this stage, mostly nemotodes (long thin worms). An ostracod is centered in the field of view. It is 0.75 mm long.
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