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BIO BLITZING:
Scientific specialists teamed up with area students and teachers for BioBlitz 2007,
held in Middletown June 8-9. The idea was get a snapshot of the
biodiversity of a specific area in a 24-hour period. Wesleyan was a
major sponsor of the event. |
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BioBlitz participant Brian Stewart,
associate professor of physics, collects beetles during the BioBlitz.
He and Michael Oliver, co-author of The Ground Beetles of Connecticut,
found several beetles in the bark of a downed tree. |
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Wilbert Snow School in Middletown served as
the BioBlitz laboratory, where species were identified and recorded. |
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Crabs, snakes, toads and
turtles were all discovered during BioBlitz. This year, participants
collected or sighted 2,231 species including 27 reptiles and amphibians,
93 birds, 20 fish, 237 beetles, 408 moths, 25 mammals and 468 vascular
plants. |
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Barry Chernoff, Robert Schumann Professor of
Environmental Sciences, professor of biology, works with students in the
laboratory. Chernoff helped identify and catalogue aquatic fish and
invertebrates. |
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BioBlitz coordinator David Wagner, associate
professor of ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of
Connecticut, leads BioBlitz participants in a night bio hunt. The
Middletown BioBlitz is one of only two Connecticut events since 1999 to
find more than 2,000 species. (Photos by Richard Marinelli)
For more information on the event go to:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/newsletter/campus/2007/0607bioblitz.html
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