MARVELOUS MICROSCOPES

Microscopes can be a big part of daily life in an ecology lab.  In this photo, Liz is using a microscope to identify organisms that were collected along with Gracilaria. They can be described as epifauna. Epifauna are organisms that live on a particular substrate. In this case, these animals were all using Gracilaria as their home.  One organism Liz is finding a lot of, are amphipods. Click here to see an amphipod species often found in South Carolina.