Endangered Species Lab

1)    Scientific name – Juturnia Kosteri

Common name – Springsnail, koster’s

Taxonomic order – Neotaenioglossa

Taxonomic family – hydrobiidae

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3) the snail is a foundation specie. They keep the water clean and drinkable, they are also a food source for fish and other animals.

4) the snails keep the water clean by eating the algae. They are used as a food source for fish and other animals.

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scientists predict that the population will decrease 50% if they were not to have been put on the endangered species list.

6) The water level and water chemisty and the vegetation all affect the springanil’s. If the water level declines it will kill a lot of the plants and algae they feed on. And with human interference polluting the waters, is also killing off the snails.

7) The snails are density independent there population fluctuates on how much water is pumped out thus lowering the water level and the amount of pollutants that are put into the water by humans.

8) “Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn, Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J.D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland: 526 pp.”

9) the most recent article I could find was published July 16, 2014 - http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/07/11/biosci.biu100.full.pdf

10) "Koster's Springsnail (Juturnia Kosteri)." ECOS Environmental Conservation Online System. U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service, n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2015. (question 1)

            Hershler, Robert, Hsiu-ping Liu, and Jeanette Howard. "Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America." (2011): n. pag. <i>Http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/</i>. BioScience Advance Access, 16 July 2014. Web. 7 Nov. 2015. (question 2)

            "National Museum of Natural History Unearthed." 'National Museum of Natural History Unearthed' N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2015. (question 3 and 4)

            "Results Detailed Report." Results Detailed Report. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2015. (question 1and 8)