Algae and Water Quality Flashcards
What is the main cause of acid rain?
Fossil fuels more specifically coal
When moving your slide to the right what directions does the field of view go?
LEFT
What are the characteristics of Volvox?
- Volvox forms a sphere of 500 or more cells
- 2 flagella that move the colony through the water
- Daughter colonies that can be seen as darker spheres within the colony
- Volvox causes “algae blooms” during the summer months
- Fish hatcheries: blooms cause large numbers that can damage the gills of young fish
- Gives water a fishy odor when present in large numbers
Which of the following has the BEST Dissolved 0xygen?
Warm water or cold water?
Cold water
What structure is used by Euglena for locomotion?
Flagella
What are the main sources of chlorine?
Waste water and industry
How does clean vs polluted water affect species diversity?
- Clean water has relatively “LOW” populations: HIGH species diveristy
- Polluted water has HIGH populations and LOW species diversity
Water Changes
Which of the following would require you change your water:
- Low nitrite
- High alkalinity
- pH 7
- High ammonia
High ammonia
What are the characteristics of Pandorina?
- Pandorina occurs in groups of 8, 16, or 32 cells
- 2 flagella help roll the colony through the water
- Fishy Odor
What are the characteristics of OSCILLATORIA?
- # 2: Second most tolerant aglae of organic pollution
- OSCILLATORIA: names refers to the movement that is characteristics of living filaments
- Filaments oscillate or glide back and forth
- Blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria)
- Often found with Euglena
Which 2 algae have a grassy odor?
- Staurastrum
- Spirogyra
What algae is known to clog the gills of young fish at a fish hatchery?
Volvox
Which 2 algae have a “fishy” odor?
- Vovox
- Pandorina
Which algae has 3, 16 and 32 cells?
Pandorina
What are the characteristics of closterium?
- Closterium may form large alge blooms in lakes found in southern states
- Algae blooms cause filter clogging problems in water treatment plants
Which algae are filaments?
Stegioclonium, Spirogyra, Anabaena, Oscillatoria, Rivularia
What color are most diatoms?
Yellow brown (golden)
Which algae can cause death to livestock and fish
Anabaena
What is nuetral?
7 pH
What are the characteristics of Euglena?
- # 1: most tolerant of organic pollution
- Found in farm ponds, lagoons, sewage treatment plants
- Likes water with high nitrates
- In some Euglena the chlorphyll is hidden by a red pigment
- Animal like: flagella
- Plant like: chloroplasts
- in 1947, turned an ohio river blood red (algae bloom)
What is the formula for cellular respiration?
Sugar + Oxygen ———> Carbon Dioxide + Water
At what pH would you start to notice issues with reproduction?
pH 4
Which algae is the most tolerant of polluiton?
Euglena
What is the formula for photosynthesis?
Carbon dioide + Water——> Sugar + Oxygen
Which algae is a problem for Northern states?
Diatoms
What would happen if you didn’t have plants in your aquarium?
Nitrate levels would increase
Which 2 algae are found together in polluted water?
- Euglena
- Oscillatoria
Fish survival
5 mg/l or greater
Which algae are filaments?
- Anabaena
- Spirogyra
- Stegeoclonium
- Oscillatoria
- Rivularia
What bacteria converts ammonia to nitrite?
Nitrosomonas
Which algae reproduces with daughter cells?
Volvox
What is the purpose of spikes and projection?
It increases surface area which helps it stay afloat
What would be the sequence for assessing water quality at a lake, pond or river?
- Observation
- Sample water and evaluate algae and insects
- Simple water quality tests (temperature, ammonia, nitrtite, nitrate, conductivity, alkalinity and pH)
- Specific chemical panal that looks for toxins