Links Relevant to Tardigrades
ATBI Quarterly - Great Smoky Mountains National Park - see the ATBI Quarterly for "Little Known Water Bears" and "Feeding Water Bears"
http://www.mcm.edu/~beasleyc/tardpage.htm - see for other links and for tardigrade bibliography
Hunting for 'bears' in the backyard - looking for 'water bears' - nice article for the occasional "bear hunter"
KanCRN | Tardigrades - includes very good background information on tardigrades
The Tardigrada - see for tardigrade studies in Alabama and for general information
http://www.tardigrades.com/  - "the tardigrades animation gallery"

http://www2.una.edu/biology/tardigrades/ - Tardigrades found in the moss Ulota crispa from tree canopies in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

http://www.iwu.edu/~tardisdp/tardigrade_facts.html - Site has an online key to tardigrades.

Click here for slides "Tardigrade Diversity in the moss Ulota crispa from Tree Canopies in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park--A Preliminary Report.

A couple of quick shots from tardigrades found in moss on the face of concrete steps on the campus of UNA

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