Swamp Life 77 



Study 12 

 THE LIFE OF AN UPLAND SWAMP OR BOG 



Work Program: 



1. A collecting trip for the purpose of: 



A. Individual collecting by hand picking from the vegetation withdrawn from 



the water and by dip nets from the pools. 



B. Sieve net and seine collecting from the more open waters. 



C. Examination of the bog cover or swamp tussocks or both by means of slicing 



them with a hay knife. 



D. Examination of the bottom by means of a marl sampler (if not done in 



Study 6). 



2. A laboratory examination of the materials collected. 



3. Reading in the Life of Inland Waters, pp. 348 to 355. 



For Record include: 



1. A sketch map showing the location of the collecting places. 



2. Diagrams showing the composition and stratification of the bog cover and tussocks 



with some of the more important component plants named in the diagrams. 



3. Diagram showing zonal arrangement of vegetation about the borders. 



4. An annotated list of the plants and animals collected and observed arranged under 



the following headings: 



I. Plants — with notes on size, color, localization, relative abundance, growth 



habits, etc. 



A. Vascular plants and mosses. 



1. Bog cover plants by zones. 



2. Tussock-forming plants and "fillers." 



3. Scatterlings. 



B. Algae — microscopic ones, only when these appear in masses. 



Free floating algae. 

 Fringing (sessile) algae. 

 Slime-coat algae. 



II. Animals — with notes on size, color, relative abundance, feeding habits, stages 



or ages found, habitat and special activities. 



A. Vertebrates: 



Fishes. 



Other vertebrates. 



B. Invertebrates: 



Free swimming. 

 On surface. 

 On vegetation: 



Sessile. 



Free ranging. 

 In tubes. 



On bottom: 

 Sprawlers. 

 Burrowers. 

 Tube dwellers. 



