{"id":6,"date":"2012-03-17T13:48:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T13:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2015-12-29T02:27:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T09:27:59","slug":"resources-tardigrades","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/resources-tardigrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u201cTardigrada\u201d has been applied in the past to refer to a suborder of sloths as well as a unique invertebrate phylum also known as the water bears (see &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordnik.com\/words\/Tardigrada\">http:\/\/www.wordnik.com\/words\/Tardigrada<\/a>&gt;), the latter of which is the primary subject of tardiblog.\u00a0 Various resources related to invertebrate tardigrades are listed below.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Asterisks (from 1-5 &#8220;*&#8221;s, the more asterisks, the better) are used to indicate particularly interesting and useful materials below.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h2>Tardigradologists:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tardigrade Newsletter\u2013Tardigradologists: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tardigrada.net\/tardigradologists.htm\">http:\/\/www.tardigrada.net\/tardigradologists.htm<\/a>&gt;, Tardigrade Register: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tardigrada.net\/register\/\">http:\/\/www.tardigrada.net\/register\/<\/a>&gt; (and &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tardigrada.net\/\">http:\/\/www.tardigrada.net\/<\/a>&gt;)<\/li>\n<li>Carl Johansson, Biology Department, Fresno City College: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fresnocitycollege.edu\/index.aspx?recordid=1186&amp;page=909\">http:\/\/www.fresnocitycollege.edu\/index.aspx?recordid=1186&amp;page=909<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Diane R. Nelson, East Tennessee State University &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsu.edu\/alumni\/awards\/05award_Nelson.aspx\">http:\/\/www.etsu.edu\/alumni\/awards\/05award_Nelson.aspx<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Dylan Fischer (Forest Ecology) and Clarissa Dirks (Biology), The Evergreen State College: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evergreen.edu\/catalog\/2011-12\/programs\/fieldandlaboratorybiologyinsouthwesternecosystems-1326\">http:\/\/www.evergreen.edu\/catalog\/2011-12\/programs\/fieldandlaboratorybiologyinsouthwesternecosystems-1326<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Frank Romano, Department of Biology, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsu.edu\/biology\/faculty\/romano\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.jsu.edu\/biology\/faculty\/romano\/index.html<\/a>&gt; (nominated as International Scientist of the Year, 2005: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsu.edu\/news\/july_dec2005\/07152005c.html\">http:\/\/www.jsu.edu\/news\/july_dec2005\/07152005c.html<\/a>&gt;), (GulfBase site: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/gulfbase.org\/person\/view.php?uid=fromano\">http:\/\/gulfbase.org\/person\/view.php?uid=fromano<\/a>&gt;)<\/li>\n<li>Lorena Rebecchi, Department of Animal Biology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it\/Rebecchi\/Rebecchi.htm\">http:\/\/www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it\/Rebecchi\/Rebecchi.htm<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Lukasz Kaczmarek, Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz Universit<strong>y: &lt;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tardigrada.net\/editors_lk.htm\">http:\/\/www.tardigrada.net\/editors_lk.htm<\/a><strong>&gt;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Nigel Marley, Plymouth University: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plymouth.ac.uk\/staff\/nmarley\">http:\/\/www.plymouth.ac.uk\/staff\/nmarley<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Paul J. Bartels&#8217; webpage from Warren Wilson College: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.warren-wilson.edu\/~pbartels\/WWC_Site\/Welcome.html\">http:\/\/www.warren-wilson.edu\/~pbartels\/WWC_Site\/Welcome.html<\/a>&gt;, tardigrade resources: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.warren-wilson.edu\/~pbartels\/WWC_Site\/Resources.html\">http:\/\/www.warren-wilson.edu\/~pbartels\/WWC_Site\/Resources.html<\/a>&gt; (includes E-Guide to &#8220;Smoky Bears,&#8221; An electronic key &amp; field guide to Phylum Tardigrade in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.warren-wilson.edu\/~pbartels\/E-Guide\/Read_First!.html\">http:\/\/www.warren-wilson.edu\/~pbartels\/E-Guide\/Read_First!.html<\/a>&gt;<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*****<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Reinhardt M\u00f8bjerg Kristensen, Natural History Museum of Denmark: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/snm.ku.dk\/english\/staffsnm\/staff\/profile\/?id=34792\">http:\/\/snm.ku.dk\/english\/staffsnm\/staff\/profile\/?id=34792<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Terje Meiers Tardigrade World: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tardigrada.info\/index.html\">http:\/\/tardigrada.info\/index.html<\/a>&gt; (including link to slide collection)<\/li>\n<li>William R. Miller, Assistant Professor of Biology, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bakeru.edu\/baldwin\/prospective-students\/degrees\/biology\/biology-faculty\">http:\/\/www.bakeru.edu\/baldwin\/prospective-students\/degrees\/biology\/biology-faculty<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research Context &amp; Questions:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Research Question (tardigrades \u2013 www.pathfinderscience.com): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pathfinderscience.net\/tardigrades\/gquest.cfm\">http:\/\/www.pathfinderscience.net\/tardigrades\/gquest.cfm<\/a>&gt;, and doing research on tardigrades: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pathfinderscience.net\/tardigrades\/doingresearch.cfm\">http:\/\/www.pathfinderscience.net\/tardigrades\/doingresearch.cfm<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Methods for Collecting and Identifying Tardigrades:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Aquatic Invertebrates of Alberta: An Illustrated Guide, by Hugh F. Clifford (1991): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=8UQ4jHev6voC&amp;pg=PA113&amp;lpg=PA113&amp;dq=invertebrates+in+moss&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=lXhWlTWunr&amp;sig=dNPu-aJQveiuErz7IQiqqC-_YUY&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=_z9gTe38G4rSsAPbhvzWCQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=10&amp;ved=0CEoQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&amp;q=invertebrates%20in%20moss&amp;f=false\">http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=8UQ4jHev6voC&amp;pg=PA113&amp;lpg=PA113&amp;dq=invertebrates+in+moss&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=lXhWlTWunr&amp;sig=dNPu-aJQveiuErz7IQiqqC-_YUY&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=_z9gTe38G4rSsAPbhvzWCQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=10&amp;ved=0CEoQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&amp;q=invertebrates%20in%20moss&amp;f=false<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Bears of the Moss (Kansas School Naturalist): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emporia.edu\/ksn\/v43n3-may1997\/\">http:\/\/www.emporia.edu\/ksn\/v43n3-may1997\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/bryoblog\/resources\/methods%e2%80%94tardigrades\/academic.evergreen.edu\/projects\/ican\/...\/TRFcurriculumPart2.pdf\">Bears of the Moss (and Lichen) Activity #1: Adaptation is the Key to Survival<\/a> (includes methods, references, etc. regarding tardigrades, moss and lichens; downloadable PDF available at <cite>academic.evergreen.edu\/projects\/ican\/\u2026\/TRFcurriculumPart2.pdf<\/cite>) [Note: This is no longer available.]<\/li>\n<li>Catalog of Organisms: My First Tardigrades (including live collection techniques): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2008\/04\/my-first-tardigrades.html\">http:\/\/coo.fieldofscience.com\/2008\/04\/my-first-tardigrades.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Collection, Culturing, Bioimaging and Species Identification of Tardigrade Species in the Vicinity of Albert Hall, UP Diliman (downloadable PDF available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCQQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fxa.yimg.com%2Fkq%2Fgroups%2F25301328%2F828878502%2Fname%2Fproject%2Bproposal-%2Btardigrada.pdf&amp;ei=rx9lT8nhGe7RiAL156WjDw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGTLR4els1dOeyMrHNJLyhRn7WpYg&amp;sig2=pM1Pi2LCcjAPrikO7PQSfQ\">http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCQQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fxa.yimg.com%2Fkq%2Fgroups%2F25301328%2F828878502%2Fname%2Fproject%2Bproposal-%2Btardigrada.pdf&amp;ei=rx9lT8nhGe7RiAL156WjDw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGTLR4els1dOeyMrHNJLyhRn7WpYg&amp;sig2=pM1Pi2LCcjAPrikO7PQSfQ<\/a>): <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/files\/2012\/03\/project+proposal-+tardigrada.pdf\">project+proposal-+tardigrada<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Discover Life In America: Great Smoky Mountains National Park All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dlia.org\/atbi\/\">http:\/\/www.dlia.org\/atbi\/<\/a>&gt;, (search the site for \u201ctardigrade\u201d to find details of research involving the tardigrade inventory, statistical analysis of ecological predictors of tardigrade diversity, species effort curves and more; click here for a research publication abstract: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/discover\/10.2307\/4541012?uid=3739960&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;uid=3739256&amp;sid=55907529843\">http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/discover\/10.2307\/4541012?uid=3739960&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;uid=3739256&amp;sid=55907529843<\/a>&gt;) <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">*****<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Hunting for \u2018Bears\u2019 in the Backyard (by Dave Walker, UK): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microscopy-uk.org.uk\/mag\/indexmag.html?http:\/\/www.microscopy-uk.org.uk\/mag\/artmay99\/dwbear.html\">http:\/\/www.microscopy-uk.org.uk\/mag\/indexmag.html?http:\/\/www.microscopy-uk.org.uk\/mag\/artmay99\/dwbear.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>LTER Fresno City College Data: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tegrity.fresnocitycollege.edu\/johansson\/\">http:\/\/tegrity.fresnocitycollege.edu\/johansson\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Marine Tardigrada (including species list and methods for collection): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/homepage3.nifty.com\/cxj11255\/tardigrada\/index.html\">http:\/\/homepage3.nifty.com\/cxj11255\/tardigrada\/index.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Narcotizing, Slowing Down, and Preserving Microscopic and other Aquatic Animals (from www.modernmicroscopy.com and including details regarding magnesium chloride as a narcotizing agent): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernmicroscopy.com\/main.asp?article=79&amp;page=8\">http:\/\/www.modernmicroscopy.com\/main.asp?article=79&amp;page=8<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>PathFinder Science Network for Student and Citizen Science: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pathfinderscience.net\/tardigrades\/\">http:\/\/www.pathfinderscience.net\/tardigrades\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Species Distribution Project: Tardigrade Facts (Illinois Wesleyan University; includes interactive online identification key to tardigrades): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/sun.iwu.edu\/~tardisdp\/tardigrade_facts.html\">http:\/\/sun.iwu.edu\/~tardisdp\/tardigrade_facts.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Taking a Litter Sample (YouTube): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LdnPmYTKD84\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LdnPmYTKD84<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrade Resource Collection (Microbial Life Educational Resources [MLER]): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/microbelife\/topics\/tardigrade\/resources.html\">http:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/microbelife\/topics\/tardigrade\/resources.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrades: In the Classroom, Laboratory, and on the Internet (downloadable PDF available at <cite>amcbt.indstate.edu\/volume_24\/v24-3p3-10.pdf<\/cite>): <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/files\/2012\/03\/v24-3p3-10.pdf\">v24-3p3-10<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Water Bear Web Base (including the first known illustration of a tardigrade [by Goeze, 1773], and many details such as techniques for collecting maritime [marine] tardigrades): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baertierchen.de\/wbwb.html\">http:\/\/www.baertierchen.de\/wbwb.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Zoological Systematics: How to fit water bear individuals into the kingdom of animals (from the Water Bear Web Base, including references for several classic resources on tardigrades): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baertierchen.de\/zoolsyse.html\">http:\/\/www.baertierchen.de\/zoolsyse.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Culturing Tardigrades:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Algae Culture for Tardigrade Growth: &lt;<a href=\"mmbio.byu.edu\/faculty\/bja43\/people\/penailillo_ORCA08.pdf\"><cite>mmbio.byu.edu\/faculty\/bja43\/people\/penailillo_ORCA08.pdf<\/cite><\/a>&gt;, <a href=\"..\/..\/bryoblog\/files\/2011\/05\/penailillo_ORCA08.pdf\">penailillo_ORCA08<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Culture Protocol Methods, Materials &amp; Media (<em>Hypsibius dujardini<\/em> collection notes and culture protocol from Bob McNuff<br \/>\nMay 2007): &lt;<a href=\"tardigrades.bio.unc.edu\/protocols\/CollectionCulture.pdf\"><cite>tardigrades.bio.unc.edu\/<strong>protocols<\/strong>\/<strong>CollectionCulture<\/strong>.pdf<\/cite><\/a>&gt;, <a href=\"..\/..\/bryoblog\/files\/2011\/05\/CollectionCulture.pdf\">CollectionCulture<\/a> (living tardigrade cultures are available from Carolina Biological Supply at Water Bear (Tardigrade), Living: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolina.com\/product\/water+bear+%28tardigrade%29%2C+living.do?keyword=tardigrade&amp;sortby=bestMatches\">http:\/\/www.carolina.com\/product\/water+bear+%28tardigrade%29%2C+living.do?keyword=tardigrade&amp;sortby=bestMatches<\/a>&gt;)<\/li>\n<li>Laboratory Transmission of Xanthomoas campestris pv. raphani by a Tardigrade (Parachela = Macrobiotidae): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcla.edu\/FlaEnt\/fe83p197.pdf\">http:\/\/www.fcla.edu\/FlaEnt\/fe83p197.pdf<\/a>&gt;, <a href=\"..\/..\/bryoblog\/files\/2011\/05\/Laboratory-Transmission-of-Xanthomonas-campestris-pv.-raphani-by-a-Tardigrade-Parachele-Macrobiotidae.pdf\">Laboratory Transmission of Xanthomonas campestris pv. raphani by a Tardigrade (Parachele = Macrobiotidae)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Life History of Milnesium tardigradum Doy\u00e8re (Tardigrada) under a Rearing<br \/>\nEnvironment: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/12560601\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/12560601<\/a>&gt;, Life History of Milnesium tardigradum <cite>&lt;<\/cite><a href=\"www.bioone.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.2108\/zsj.20.49\"><cite>www.bioone.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.2108\/zsj.20.49<\/cite><\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Research on the World\u2019s Toughest Animals (with details regarding lack of appropriate culturing systems): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tardigrades.net\/e-yokozuna.html\">http:\/\/tardigrades.net\/e-yokozuna.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrades Attacking Nematodes (Nematology Circular No. 177 Fla. Dept . Agric. &amp; Consumer Serv.): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=tardigrade%20culture%20agar&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;ved=0CD8QFjAC&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freshfromflorida.com%2Fpi%2Fenpp%2Fnema%2Fnemacirc%2Fnem177.pdf&amp;ei=kvjHTryyEoKviQLItajeDw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEVx40b60hPHuBONEzTR5RCPJG3hg&amp;cad=rja\">http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=tardigrade%20culture%20agar&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;ved=0CD8QFjAC&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freshfromflorida.com%2Fpi%2Fenpp%2Fnema%2Fnemacirc%2Fnem177.pdf&amp;ei=kvjHTryyEoKviQLItajeDw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEVx40b60hPHuBONEzTR5RCPJG3hg&amp;cad=rja<\/a>&gt; Tardigrades Attacking Nematodes: &lt;<a href=\"www.freshfromflorida.com\/pi\/enpp\/nema\/nemacirc\/nem177.pdf\"><cite>www.freshfromflorida.com\/pi\/enpp\/nema\/nemacirc\/nem177.pdf<\/cite>&gt;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tardigrades (Water Bears) \u2013 A CAROLINA\u2122 CareSheet: &lt;<a href=\"www.carolina.com\/text\/pdf\/care_guides\/Tardigrades.pdf\"><cite>www.<strong>carolina<\/strong>.com\/text\/pdf\/care_guides\/<strong>Tardigrades<\/strong>.pdf<\/cite><\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrade Species Distribution Project: Lesson Plan: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/%7Etardisdp\/lessonplan.html\">http:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/~tardisdp\/lessonplan.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrade workbench: comparing stress-related proteins, sequence-similar and functional protein clusters as well as RNA elements in tardigrades: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biomedcentral.com\/1471-2164\/10\/469\">http:\/\/www.biomedcentral.com\/1471-2164\/10\/469<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sources of Tardigrade Cultures:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates (by James H. Thorp), p. 481: Culturing (several suppliers are listed): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/book\/9780126906479\">http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/book\/9780126906479<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tardigrades and Microscopy:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Imaging Technology Group (ITG) Virtual Microscopy, University of Urbana-Champaign: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/virtual.itg.uiuc.edu\/data\/\">http:\/\/virtual.itg.uiuc.edu\/data\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Methods for Scanning Electron Microscopy with Tardigrades:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A New Method for Making SEM Preparations of the Tardigrade Buccopharyngeal Apparatus: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0044523104700297\">http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0044523104700297<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Basic SEM Protocol (Ohio State University Campus Microscopy &amp; Imaging Facility): &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/cmif.osu.edu\/418.cfm\">https:\/\/cmif.osu.edu\/418.cfm<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>LM\/SEM Microscopy Preparation (Illinois Wesleyan University Species Distribution Project Protocols): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/%7Etardisdp\/sdp_protocols.html\">http:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/%7Etardisdp\/sdp_protocols.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>SEM Sample Preparation (Harriett E. Smith-Somerville, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/bama.ua.edu\/%7Ehsmithso\/class\/bsc_656\/websites\/sample_sem.html\">http:\/\/bama.ua.edu\/%7Ehsmithso\/class\/bsc_656\/websites\/sample_sem.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>The use of HMDS (hexamethyldisilazane) to Replace Critical Point Drying (CPD) in the Preparation of Tardigrades for SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) Imaging: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bioone.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1660\/062.112.0407\">http:\/\/www.bioone.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1660\/062.112.0407<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Methods for Fluorescence Microscopy with Tardigrades:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>3-Dimensional reconstruction of fluorescent structures in tardigrades: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mendeley.com\/research\/3dimensional-reconstruction-fluorescent-structures-tardigrades\/\">http:\/\/www.mendeley.com\/research\/3dimensional-reconstruction-fluorescent-structures-tardigrades\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Drawing Tardigrades:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>OpenEd Water Bear Drawing (video): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opened.io\/#!\/resources\/734059\">http:\/\/www.opened.io\/#!\/resources\/734059<\/a><\/li>\n<li>European Atlas of Soil Biodiversity|Section 2: Organisms of the Soil: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/library\/maps\/Biodiversity_Atlas\/download\/100.pdf&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=hGIbU7utBMaHogTdmIKYBg&amp;ved=0CD4QFjAJ&amp;sig2=rDCICPNBKibqYS8uhVbM6w&amp;usg=AFQjCNEKo-uwkYLEVFBFb67OUOjO0mtrWw\">http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/library\/maps\/Biodiversity_Atlas\/download\/100.pdf&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=hGIbU7utBMaHogTdmIKYBg&amp;ved=0CD4QFjAJ&amp;sig2=rDCICPNBKibqYS8uhVbM6w&amp;usg=AFQjCNEKo-uwkYLEVFBFb67OUOjO0mtrWw<\/a> (PDF: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/files\/2012\/03\/Organisms-of-the-Soil.pdf\">Organisms of the Soil<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>GIS and Tardigrades:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Graphical Presentation of the African Tardigrade FaunaUsing GIS with the Description of <em>Isohypsibius malawiensis<\/em> sp. n. (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) from Lake Malawi: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0044523104700431\">http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0044523104700431<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Parasites of Tardigrades:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>An Entomphthoraceous Tardigrade Parasite Producing Small Conidia on Propulsive Cells in Spicate Heads (by Charles Drechshler) &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/pss\/2481973\">http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/pss\/2481973<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Genetic Analysis of Tardigrades:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Transcriptome survey of the anhydrobiotic tardigrade <em>Milnesium tardigradum <\/em>in comparison with <em>Hypsibius dujardini <\/em>and <em>Richtersius coronifer<\/em>: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biomedcentral.com\/1471-2164\/11\/168\">http:\/\/www.biomedcentral.com\/1471-2164\/11\/168<\/a>&gt;<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tardigrades\u2014Other Resources:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>11th International Symposium on Tardigrada: &lt;h<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tardigrada-symposium-2009.org\/general.html#\">ttp:\/\/www.tardigrada-symposium-2009.org\/general.html#<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Academy of Natural Sciences &#8211; Tardigrade Database: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tardigrade.acnatsci.org\/lit\/\">http:\/\/tardigrade.acnatsci.org\/lit\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>BioBlitz uncovers plant, animal species at Saguaro National Park: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/explorernews.com\/news\/article_c2ef8cde-0720-11e1-8f09-001cc4c002e0.html\">http:\/\/explorernews.com\/news\/article_c2ef8cde-0720-11e1-8f09-001cc4c002e0.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>BiologyBrowser &#8211; Tardigrada: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biologybrowser.org\/taxonomy\/term\/15818\">http:\/\/www.biologybrowser.org\/taxonomy\/term\/15818<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chuma.cas.usf.edu\/%7Egarey\/tardigrade.html\">Biosystematics of the Marine Heterotardigrades<\/a> [non-working link]<\/li>\n<li>Description of the Phylum Tardigrada (Spallanzani 1777): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/comenius.susqu.edu\/biol\/202\/animals\/protostomes\/ecdysozoa\/tardigrada\/default.htm\">http:\/\/comenius.susqu.edu\/biol\/202\/animals\/protostomes\/ecdysozoa\/tardigrada\/default.htm<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Extreme Animals (Astrobiology Magazine): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrobio.net\/exclusive\/261\/extreme-animals\">http:\/\/www.astrobio.net\/exclusive\/261\/extreme-animals<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Extreme Animals in Your Classroom &#8211; Tardigrades (NABT &#8211; National Association of Biology Teachers): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/birenheide.com\/nabt\/2011\/program\/single.php?thisid=202\">http:\/\/birenheide.com\/nabt\/2011\/program\/single.php?thisid=202<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Fresno City College Tardigrade Lab Facebook Page: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Fresno-City-College-Tardigrade-Lab\/205789889453137\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Fresno-City-College-Tardigrade-Lab\/205789889453137<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative formed to safeguard the world\u2019s soils: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.lternet.edu\/Article2405.html\">http:\/\/news.lternet.edu\/Article2405.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Guide to New Zealand Soil Invertebrates: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/soilbugs.massey.ac.nz\/tardigrada.php\">http:\/\/soilbugs.massey.ac.nz\/tardigrada.php<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Invertebrate Communities in Mosses: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/yaquina.info\/ybn\/nature\/km-moss.htm\">http:\/\/yaquina.info\/ybn\/nature\/km-moss.htm<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Irwin Loops and Other Tools: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcm.edu\/~beasleyc\/IrwinLps.htm\">http:\/\/www.mcm.edu\/~beasleyc\/IrwinLps.htm<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Irwin Loop information at Pathfinderscience.net: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pathfinderscience.net\/tardigrades\/cproto1_PublicOldMethod.cfm\">http:\/\/www.pathfinderscience.net\/tardigrades\/cproto1_PublicOldMethod.cfm<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Lichens, Tardigrades, and SO2: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pathfinderscience.net\/so2\/\">http:\/\/www.pathfinderscience.net\/so2\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>LinkNotes: Tardigrades in Space:&lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/rj3sp.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/tardigrades-in-space.html\">http:\/\/rj3sp.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/tardigrades-in-space.html<\/a>&gt; <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">(*****good images)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Mal Webb Site: &lt;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/malwebb.customer.netspace.net.au\/watbear.html\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">http:\/\/malwebb.customer.netspace.net.au\/watbear.html<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">&gt;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Mark D. Schram\u2019s webpage (Dr. Schram produces Irwin loops as follows: white \u2013 approx. 250 X 400 um, blue \u2013 approx. 350 X 650 um, red \u2013 approx. 450 X 800 um, and yellow \u2013 approx. 650 X 1100 um.\u00a0 Meiofauna people seems to like the smallest (white) size. Loops are $10.00 each (any size) + $6.00 S &amp; H (US).): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyon.edu\/mark-d.-schram.htm\">http:\/\/www.lyon.edu\/mark-d.-schram.htm<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Movement behaviour and video tracking of <em>Milnesium tardigradum<\/em> Doy\u00e8re, 1840: &lt;<a href=\"dpc.uba.uva.nl\/cgi\/t\/text\/get-pdf?c=ctz;idno=7901a02\"><cite>dpc.uba.uva.nl\/cgi\/t\/text\/get-pdf?c=ctz;idno=7901a02<\/cite><\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Physiological ecology\/adaptive biochemistry; dehydration and freezing stress; biological control (Christopher Z. Womersley, Dept. of Zoology, University of Hawai&#8217;i at Manoa): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/zoology\/faculty\/womersley.htm\">http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/zoology\/faculty\/womersley.htm<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Preparing Microscope Slides (Microbus): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microscope-microscope.org\/activities\/school\/preparing-slides.htm\">http:\/\/www.microscope-microscope.org\/activities\/school\/preparing-slides.htm<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Tardigrade Candid Camera&#8221; (Tardigrades &#8211; images\/photos): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tardigrades.bio.unc.edu\/\">http:\/\/tardigrades.bio.unc.edu\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrade Reference Center (William R. Miller): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tardigrade.acnatsci.org\/\">http:\/\/tardigrade.acnatsci.org\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrade USA and the exciting world of the unseen: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tardigrade.us\/2011\/05\/09\/welcome\/\">http:\/\/tardigrade.us\/2011\/05\/09\/welcome\/<\/a>&gt;, &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tardigrade.us\/\">http:\/\/tardigrade.us\/<\/a>&gt; and &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tardigrade.us\/nj-tardigrade-survey\/\">http:\/\/tardigrade.us\/nj-tardigrade-survey\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrades \u2013 Tardigrada \u2013 B\u00e4rtierchen (biology, taxonomy, anatomy, etc.): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tardigrades.de\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.tardigrades.de\/index.htm<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigotchi: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/gajitz.com\/experimental-plaything-virtual-pet-meets-microscopic-minion\/\">http:\/\/gajitz.com\/experimental-plaything-virtual-pet-meets-microscopic-minion\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrada, Water Bears (Tree of Life Web Project) Tree of Life Web Project: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tolweb.org\/Tardigrada\/2471\">http:\/\/tolweb.org\/Tardigrada\/2471<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrades Are Forever (Motion Pictures Library): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.motionpicturesfactory.com\/?p=1324\">http:\/\/www.motionpicturesfactory.com\/?p=1324<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrade Barcoding Project: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tardigradebarcoding.org\/?todo=project\">http:\/\/tardigradebarcoding.org\/?todo=project<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrades in Space (TARDIS): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tardigradesinspace.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/tardigradesinspace.blogspot.com\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrades (water bears) (Microbial Life Educational Resources): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/microbelife\/topics\/tardigrade\/\">http:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/microbelife\/topics\/tardigrade\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrada (water bears, tardigrades) (biodiversity explorer): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityexplorer.org\/metazoa\/tardigrades\/\">http:\/\/www.biodiversityexplorer.org\/metazoa\/tardigrades\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>TardiRes.ch (CTR &#8211; Center of Tardigrade Research): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tardires.ch\/\">http:\/\/www.tardires.ch\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>The Tardigrada Page (by Dr. Clark W. Beasley, McMurry University, Abeline, TX, with miscellaneous links including microscope slide preparation): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcm.edu\/%7Ebeasleyc\/tardpage.htm\">http:\/\/www.mcm.edu\/%7Ebeasleyc\/tardpage.htm<\/a>&gt;, &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcm.edu\/~beasleyc\/\">http:\/\/www.mcm.edu\/~beasleyc\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrade Appreciation Headquarters: &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.q7.com\/~vvv\/tardigrade\/\">http:\/\/www.q7.com\/~vvv\/tardigrade\/<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrades (by William R. Miller, American Scientist, Sept.\/Oct. 2011 &#8211; online article): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanscientist.org\/issues\/feature\/2011\/5\/tardigrades\/1\">http:\/\/www.americanscientist.org\/issues\/feature\/2011\/5\/tardigrades\/1<\/a>&gt; <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">(***good general introduction to tardigrades)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Tardigrades at Hastings (including a list of species collected at the Hastings Natural History Reservation, a biological field station of the University of California): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hastingsreserve.org\/invertebrates\/Tardigrades\/HastingsTardigrades.html\">http:\/\/www.hastingsreserve.org\/invertebrates\/Tardigrades\/HastingsTardigrades.html<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrades: Bears of the Moss (by William R. Miller,<strong> <\/strong>including details regarding the use of an Irwin Loop): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pathfinderscience.net\/tardigrades\/cbackground.cfm\">http:\/\/www.pathfinderscience.net\/tardigrades\/cbackground.cfm<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Tardigrades in the exciting world of the unseen (including NJ Tardigrades and preserving and mounting methods and materials): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/tardigrade.us\/?page_id=44\">http:\/\/tardigrade.us\/?page_id=44<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<li>WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species \u2013 Tardigrada): &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=1276\">http:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=1276<\/a>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTardigrada\u201d has been applied in the past to refer to a suborder of sloths as well as a unique invertebrate phylum also known as the water bears (see &lt;http:\/\/www.wordnik.com\/words\/Tardigrada&gt;), the latter of which is the primary subject of tardiblog.\u00a0 Various &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/resources-tardigrades\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nwic.edu\/tardiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}