Description
This video shows what happens when leaving an empty body of water outside for over a year, one and a half years to be exact. Aquatic succession is the process by which an empty body of water slowly turns into a biodiverse ecosystem. Through the process of succession that ecosystem constantly changes, and eventually the pond turns into a swamp and later even a forest. Due to the process of ecological succession, but in water, known as aquatic succession, this empty tub of water, the outside aquarium, turned into a thriving new ecosystem over the course of months, eventually turning into a young green and living freshwater habitat after just 1.5 years. This ecosystem includes a wide variety of microbes, but also macroscopic animals like mosquitos (no-see-ums), crustaceans (ostracods or seed shrimp) and springtails. There's even an aquatic plant in the form of duckweed. We also take a look at the microbial community that has formed in this in this ecosystem under the microscope, with phase contrast and dark field.
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