The scientific method is driven by curiosity. Each of these projects is designed and conducted by undergraduate students who are asking creative, innovative questions about tardigrade ecology.
Group 8-1: Does local adaptation to dryness of environment affect survival rates?
Group 8-2: Does proximity to water source affect taxa composition?
Group 8-3: Does proximity to water affect abundances of tardigrades, rotifers, and nematodes?
Group 8-4: Does urbanization impact tardigrade colonization?
Group 8-5: Does urbanization impact tardigrade colonization?
Group 8-6: Does proximity to river affect tardigrade survival during evaporation?
Group 8-7: Is rainfall a mechanism of tardigrade dispersal?
Group 11-1: How do three levels of urbanization affect taxa composition?
Group 11-2: Does water pollution affect survival rates of tardigrades during cryptobiosis?
Group 11-3: Does substrate type affect survival rates of tardigrades, rotifers, and nematodes?
Group 11-4: Does rate of temperature change affect survival rates for tardigrades and nematodes?
Group 11-5: Is rain a mechanism of dispersal for tardigrades, rotifers, and nematodes?
Group 11-6: Is tardigrade abundance affected by urbanization or low tree density?