Field trip this coming week

Dec 02, 2022

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Field trip this coming weekOn Dec. 5th our team will travel to one of the forest reserves that we´ll sample for this project (see image below). We´ll set up sampling plots and subplots, and select the trees to be sampled.  On Wednesday we`ll post some photos of this trip. Stay tuned!!
UPDATE: The field trip was cancelled due to heavy rainfall in the last 2 weeks across South and Southeast Brazil, which flooded cities, roads etc. The reserve, located in lowlands surrounded by swamps, had roads and its southern part flooded. We´ll reschedule the field trip and update this lab note as soon as possible.
 
Aerial view of the Estação Ecológica Estadual de Guaxindiba, Brazil

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Ricardo M. SouzaResearcher

Thanks!

Dec 02, 20220

claudia dolinskiBacker

Good luck!

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About This Project

Are there roundworms in the rain forest canopy?

Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro

Roundworms constitute 4/5 of all individual animals on Earth, and they´re key players in the sustainability of oceans, lakes and forests worldwide. In the forests, roundworms have been studied in the soil, but no one has ever sampled the forests` canopy for them. Science knows virtually nothing about canopy roundworms` abundance, ecology and functional roles in the ecosystem. We´ll climb to the top of Brazil´s Atlantic Forest to reveal these and other aspects of canopy roundworms.