Blogs about: Vernal Ponds
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Clones of a different sort, sort of
I thought I would resume my blog by writing about a topic that is both different yet similar to my earlier posts. I have written extensively about Daphnia, the parthenogenetic crustacean common to ver… more →
Life in Shallow Waters
Clones of a different sort, sort of
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escubed wrote 4 months ago: I thought I would resume my blog by writing about a topic that is both different yet similar to my e … more →
Shallow waters, tiny lakes
escubed wrote 11 months ago: Using the device I described yesterday we were able to get a fairly accurate picture of what happens … more →
The not so unique limnology of vernal ponds
escubed wrote 11 months ago: Having wrtitten about biological aspects of shallow waters for the first 31 posts, I thought I’d sw … more →
Benthic Predators and Planktonic Prey
escubed wrote 11 months ago: When I made it to Churchill in 1984 I conducted a series of experiments with Mesostoma lingua, a com … more →
Flatworms and vernal ponds
escubed wrote 11 months ago: I know I promised my flatworm stories a few weeks ago but better late than never. When I first arri … more →
Sex in the Pond
escubed wrote 1 year ago: Now that I’ve described male and female Daphnia separately, it is time to bring them together. Yes, … more →
Where Do Little Boys Come From?
escubed wrote 1 year ago: I don’t want to get mired in the genetics of Daphnia (although fascinating) but rather move on to ot … more →
Parthenogenesis Askew
escubed wrote 1 year ago: While collecting material for my PhD research I had the great good luck to meet Paul Hebert from the … more →
Cladocerology for salamander lovers
escubed wrote 1 year ago: The next few, or many, posts are going to be about cladoceran reproduction. An obvious question is … more →
The Right Stuff
escubed wrote 1 year ago: Growing up in a vernal pond is about more than just avoiding being eaten. Once a cladoceran reaches … more →
Do I Look Good in This Crest?
escubed wrote 1 year ago: One of the most interesting aspects of the Daphnia – Chaoborus interaction is the specificity of the … more →
Juvenile Defense
escubed wrote 1 year ago: I left off with the idea that growing up in a vernal pond is not necessarily straightforward. Depend … more →
From The Bottom Up: For Salamander Lovers
escubed wrote 1 year ago: My last topic regarding resting eggs is what triggers their hatch. This esoteric topic has importan … more →
When The Wait Is Over
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escubed wrote 1 year ago: Before I get back to the life history of Daphnia, I want to finish two more lines of thought on rest … more →
Resting and Waiting
escubed wrote 1 year ago: Timing is everything in a short lived habitat. That was the moral of my last couple of posts. I’ll … more →
Short Timers
escubed wrote 1 year ago: In my last post I started a story with the point being that vernal ponds are complex in time as well … more →
Time Scales
escubed wrote 1 year ago: So far I have tried to explain how the interactions of animals living in vernal ponds demonstrate th … more →
The Solution Revealed. 4.
escubed wrote 1 year ago: Before leaving the topic of the predator Hydra I need to recount one last story. The fourth part of … more →
The Solution Revealed. 3.
escubed wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been explaining my rationale for my lab observation involving three common vernal pool inhabita … more →
