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Professor Vernice Yuzi and Professor Rilang Roberto lead PCC Environmental Science Students to learn quadrat sampling field techniques in the Rock Islands. Sarah Fuller, visiting professor, from Central Oregon Community College lead water chemistry sampling activities.
Arrival at Field Sampling Site. Students transport and set up field equipment
Transect and quadrat sampling for biodiversity
Transect and quadrat sampling for biodiversity
Some of the organisms encountered.
Sea cucumber
Goby fish and blind shrimp
Water chemistry sampling using donated Vernier LabQuests and sensors.
Students recorded temperature, pH, and salinity along the sampling transect.
Data loggers and sensors donated by Vernier Science Education Inc. (https://www.vernier.com/)
Processing and analyzing the field data. Nearshore environment is higher in temperature but lower in salinity. Salinity change perhaps due to recent rainfall and freshwater from the island.
Hamming it up for a Lay's Sponsorship?
Hamming it up for a Lay's Sponsorship?
These remote rock islands miles from human populations had an entire garbage bag of plastic washed up, cleaned up by the students
These remote rock islands miles from human populations had an entire garbage bag of plastic washed up, cleaned up by the students
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