Continued Inventory of Phylum Tardigrada
Continued Inventory of Phylum Tardigrada
Year:
2004
Grant Number:
DLIA2004-02
Grant Amount:
$5,000
Project Type:
minigrant
Organism Group Sought:
Tardigrades Project Summary:
We propose to continue our inventory of water bears (Phylum Tardigrada). To date (Jan Œ04) we have identified just over 2000 specimens discovering 46 new records for the park including 8 species new to science. We have completed most of our field collecting but have a backlog of samples to process and identify. In addition to continuing the basic inventory, we will work on: describing our new species, developing an on-line taxonomic key to tardigrades, beginning a photo catalogue of our species, and mapping species distributions in the park.
Species Report:
