Pledge Extension
Hello My Wonderful Backers!I am grateful to announce I was able to get an extra week to raise donations for my research. I do need the help of my backers, please share the link to my site on Facebo...
Isolating DNA From Water Filters
Look over Lab Note 2---> to understand Water Filtering Process.The water filter is stored in a MoBio Bead Tube in -20 degrees. Before DNA isolation process will begin, bead tubes must be defrost...
My Last Day on The Field... October 25, 2015
Hello everyone! I wanted to share with you all some photos from my last day collecting samples at Soundview Park.I unfortunately tripped over a rock and broke my camera, but luckily Liz Summit was ...
Oysters are hard workers
Oysters are ecosystem engineers. An ecosystem engineer is an ecological term for an organism which physically maintains and modifies an ecosystem through direct or indirect actions, creating a heal...
Species I've seen at Soundview Park...
Here are photos of some of the species I have seen while collecting my water and soil samples. This young Sea Robin was found in one of the oyster reef crates (August 2015). ...
After I collect the samples...
One question I have been asked about this project is, "What exactly do you do with your samples?"Well, there are two main steps the water and soil samples go through before they are ready to be sen...
Sampling Locations
White Star is our experiment site, the location of the restored oyster reef at Soundview Park.Pink Star is the non-restored mud bottom site upstream of the white star. The mud bottom is 20 to 50 st...