45 minutes

This DVD presents a series of field trips in aquatic micro-space where students learn to recognise the common forms of micro-life, and explore their ecological relationships. Includes the following:

• About the Small Life of Wetlands, What to look for in weedy shallows: Hydras, brown and green, Dugesia (Planaria), A predatory flatworm, Rotifers, Stylaria and Chaetogaster, Copepods and Amphipods, Insects, Bryozoans, Micro-algae, Vorticella and Stentor, Amoebas, Heliozoans.
• What to look for in open water: Open water environment, Daphnia, Other Planktonic arthropods, Planktonic rotifers, Volvox and its relatives.
• What to look for in bottom detrius: The bottom environment, Tubifex, Rat-tail maggots, Ostracods, Bacteria, Flagellated protists, Ciliated protists, Gastrotriches, nematodes, and water bears.
• Other wetlands habitats: Vernal Pool
• Picture key identifications (still frames): Identifying protozoans, Identifying algae, Identifying rotifers, Identifying other micro-invertebrates.

(2006)