Fairy shrimp in BC

TKD · Post by **TKD** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:28 am

Hi everyone,

I'm doing an amphibian survey with Camosun College and Ministry of the Environment.

We were looking in this gravel pit and found this among the shotgun shells, old appliances and other junk.

I never new we had fairy shrimp here in BC.

http://www.petshrimp.com/cpg/displayima ... at=0&pos=0

TKD

PS Sorry about the pic quality.
PPS ok new link for pic or look at it in the gallary.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:38 am

That requires a login. Anyway you can fix that?

I am not suprised you have them. I've seen them in pools with ice on them. They are quite wide spread.

TKD · Post by **TKD** » Sun May 20, 2007 3:31 pm

Ok fixed the link... finaly!

Oh and I found another in a vernal pool in the Sooke reservoir.
The new one had a darker red coloration.

TKD

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Sun May 20, 2007 4:12 pm

Darker red could mean less oxygen in the water. The make more hemoglobin if there isn't enough oxygen.

TKD · Post by **TKD** » Sun May 20, 2007 5:07 pm

That would make sence with all the decaying trees and things that were in the pool.

TKD