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Measuring Toxicity in Aquatic Ecosystems Lab Report - Paper

Measuring Toxicity in Aquatic Ecosystems Lab Report

Sharron Clark
1401.P8L
04/05/12

Measuring Toxicity in Aquatic Ecosystems Lab Report

Introduction

Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) are a part of the class Crustacea, (crabs, lobster, shrimp), and they are in the phylum Anthropoda, (joint-legged). Brine shrimp are only 10 millimeters long but are very important organisms in the hyper saline lakes (salt water lakes, like Great Salt Lake) ecosystems. Brine Shrimp survive by eating microscopic organisms that live in the lake. Brine shrimp are always in motion because they are filter feeders and use their appendages to funnel their food towards their mouths, algae and bacteria are the main prey for Brine Shrimp. They are not only an ...

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the Brine Shrimp.

Hypothesis

If a treatment of more than 10% vinegar is added to the Brine Shrimp, then the Brine Shrimp will all die.

Materials

*Brine Shrimp

*Petri dish

*Vinegar

Clark II

*Water

*Watch

* Eye dropper

Procedure

To start this lab I had to first collect the materials I needed to conduct this lab, I got a Petri dish of Brine Shrimp, water, Bleach, a eye dropper, and a watch. First I counted how many of the Brine Shrimp there were alive in my Petri dish. Then I got a eye dropper and vinegar and water so that the solution was tempered with the vinegar. I poured it into the Petri dish of Brine Shrimp and I timed five minutes on my watch, and then recorded how many Brine Shrimp were still living. After I had my data I recorded it onto my data table, and cleaned up. The independent variable in this experiment was the concentration of Fantastic in the Brine Shrimps water. The dependent variable in this experiment was the percent ...

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Added: 4/17/2012 09:35:13 PM
Submitted By: tennistiger1993
Category: Science & Nature
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 518
Pages: 2

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