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Author:
Michael
Date:
Jul 02, 2013
Subject:
Bryozoan Colony?
Message:
While fishing Twin Brooks Park Tuesday I was seeing these weird white things on submerged branches near shore. They were white and looked like a cluster of eggs in the shape of a beehive. Found them to be a type of bryozoan colony. How common are these in CT and what effects do they have on the water?
Author:
therieldeal
Date:
Jul 03, 2013
Message:
THAT’S WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE! Just googled it and saw some pictures. I’ve seen loadssss of these before at Hopeville Pond. At first I thought they were some sort of amphibian eggs… until I went back a few months later and they were all still there. "As suspension feeders, they act as living filters in the marine environment. Using Bullivant's (1967, 1968) calculation that individual zooids may filter an average of 8.8 ml of water per day, Winston (1995) reported that colonies of Zoobotryon verticillatum located in 1 square meter of seagrass bed could potentially filter and recirculate an average of 48,600 gallons of seawater per day. "
Author:
PECo
Date:
Jul 03, 2013
Subject:
Re: Bryozoan Colony?
Message:
[quote:42d769d015="Michael"]How common are these in CT and what effects do they have on the water?[/quote:42d769d015] Bryozoan colonies are very common in Connecticut's fresh waters. I see them on laydowns all over the place. I posted a photo of some in my report about the Connecticut Fish Finder kayak fishing tournament last year: [quote:42d769d015="PECo"][img:42d769d015]http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/8845/img2975corrected.jpg[/img:42d769d015] The bryozoans (aka pectinatella magnifica) are colonies of small animals and are [b:42d769d015]NOT[/b:42d769d015] a sign of poor water quality. They consume algae, so they're actually a good thing to have in a pond.[/quote:42d769d015]
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