A Volvox colony from a freshwater lake in British Columbia, Canada.

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A Volvox colony from a freshwater lake in British Columbia, Canada. Volvox is a genus of green algae that forms colonies of numerous cells. A recent survey of lakes in British Columbia found that richness and composition of zooplankton, phytoplankton, and bacterial communities are regulated independently among lakes and respond to different environmental variables. This photograph originally appeared on the cover of Ecology (88:7) in July of 2007.

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Primary or BEN resource type	Photograph
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Format	jpeg
Temporal and geographic description	Salmon Lake, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
Ecological Core Concept	Communities -- Species composition, abundance, and diversity Communities
Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	Off
Editor's Choice	No
Audience	Undergraduate upper division 15-16 Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Pedagogical Use Description	This photograph can be used to illustrate Volvox or freshwater phytoplankton.
Keywords	Volvox, lake, freshwater, aquatic, phytoplankton
Key taxa	Volvox
Life science discipline (subject)	Ecology
Primary Author Controlled Name	Allyson Longmuir
Primary Author Affiliation	Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia
Primary Author email	alongmuir@rescan.com
Rights	Copyright 2007 by the Ecological Society of America.
Resource Editor	Unknown
Reviewer A	Unknown
Reviewer B	Unknown
Date Of Record Submission	2008-04-08

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