This document contains review questions and answers related to limnology and aquatic ecology. It includes questions about the phyla and kingdoms of various aquatic organisms like fish, algae, protozoa and macroinvertebrates. It also asks about specific exotic and native species found in the Great Lakes, as well as water quality parameters.

1. Limnology final exam
review

2. Class of fish
Osteichthyes

3. Phylum of spirogyra
Chlorophyta

4. Phylum of amoeba
Sarcodina

5. Phylum of stentor
Ciliophora

6. Phylum of paramecium
ciliophora

7. Kingdom of diatoms
Protista

8. Kingdom of zygnema
Protista

9. Phylum of zygnema
Chlorophyta

10. What protozoan is colonial,
flagellated, and green.
• VOLVOX

11. Phylum of diatoms
Bacciliariophyta

12. Can bugs really
live in a very
swift current
like this?
YES OR NO

13. What river is
this?
Is this culvert
GOOD or
BAD?

14. Just upstream
from here is a
________ trap
which has
been filled and
needs
dredging.

15. What the heck
is this?

16. Class of diatoms
Bacciliariophyceae

17. Name three common diatoms
Tabellaria, fragillaria, synedra,
cocconies, stauroneis, …

18. Green one celled primitive plant-
like things
DESMIDS

19. Name a specific zooplankton
Paramecium, bythotrephes,
daphnia…

20. One celled glass house
phytoplankton
DIATOMS

21. A secchi disk measures
Water clarity or turbidity

22. As water gets cloudier, the temp
goes ____ and the D.O. goes _____
UP and DOWN

23. Did we find any nitrates in the
Sturgeon or Otsego Lake?
NO

24. The water temp of the
Sturgeon….
IS COLD and stays constant from
headwaters to Burt Lake.

25. Name THREE wetland trees.
Cedar, Tamarack, Tag Alder, Spruce

26. True or False – A small amount of
Fecal coliform bacteria is bad for
you.
FALSE

27. This exotic is a zooplankton
Cerc.pengoi or bythotrephes (spiny
water flea)

28. This exotic’s beauty is why it is
here.
Purple loosestrife

29. This exotic is good bait, that’s
how it got here.
Crusty rayfish

30. This exotic swam here on its
own.
Lamprey

31. This exotic arrived first.
Lamprey

32. This exotic is a favorite salmon
food.
alewife

33. This exotic filters A LOT of
water.
Zebra mussel

34. This exotic has done the most
damage to the great lakes.
Sea Lamprey
(people too though)

35. Once a top predator of the great
lakes, but now its numbers are much
lower.
Lake trout and burbot and sturgeon

36. What does diatom mean?
Made of two parts.

37. Two views of a diatom are
called…
Valve and girdle

38. This fish is a panfish, very abundant,
good eating, and easy to catch.
Perch, sunfish, …

39. Phylum of fish
Chordata

40. Otsego Lake has a population of
these huge “prehistoric” fish.
Sturgeon

41. This fish is also called a
“lawyer.”
burbot

42. Class of stonefly
insecta

43. Class of mayfly
Insecta

44. Class of hellgrammite
Insecta

45. Order of stonefly
Plecoptera

46. Order of mayfly
Ephemeroptera

47. Class of lamprey
Cephalospidomorphii

48. Order of hellgrammite
Megaloptera

49. Order of caddisfly
Trichoptera

50. Which THREE bugs are the most
sensitive to water quality?
EPT, mayfly, stonefly, caddisfly

51. WE found this macroinvertebrate
while sailing.
Caddisfly

52. Do macroinvertebrates like
dragonfly, stonefly, caddisfly, etc,
live longer in aquatic or terrestrial
stages of life?
Aquatic ! (2-5 years)

53. What is DDT?
Kills mosquite larvae, cancer causing
agent, found in Michigan waters.

54. What are PCB’s?
Fire retardant actually mixed with
cow chow. Now found in Mich
waters.

55. Bedrock of lower peninsula
Calcium carbonate (limestone)

56. Bedrock of western UP.
Granite ‘eh.

57. Limestone acts as a _______ to
BUFFER
prevent large pH changes.

58. Most likely to tip a canoe
Tag alder

59. Fish found in trawl net on sailing
trip.
Johnny darter, sculpin, rock bass.

60. Did we find any zooplankton on
sailing trip?
YUP, a whole bunch.

64. GOOD OR BAD ???? Explain

66. Name?

74. A definite lack of _________ ___________ .

75. Where is this?