Research Experience for

 Undergraduates:

Biology of the Greater Salt Lake Ecosystem

Summer 2004 Participants

Amanda Bryant - Analyzing wetland loss in the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem due to recent drought conditions

Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA

Jennifer Cary - Habitat Characteristics of American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) and Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) nurseries

Austin College, Sherman, TX

Eric Gabrielsen - Genetic Characterization of GSL Brine Flies

Weber State University, Ogden, UT

Sarah Garcia - Survival of Pathogens in the Great Salt Lake

Weber State University, Ogden, UT

Carmen Lindsley - Determining the relative abundance of raccoons and other small predators in three migratory bird refuges bordering the Great Salt Lake University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

Keri Loke - The expression of heat shock protein (Hsp 70) as an indicator of salinity-induced stress in the blood of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA

Jessica Nadeau - Heat Shock Protein Synthesis in Crayfish from the Great Salt Lake Basin

Siena College, Loudonville, NY

Judd Patterson - How does habitat fragmentation influence the density and nesting success of Snowy Plovers near the Great Salt Lake?

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Jill Winter - A Study of Alkali Bulrush (Scirpus Maritimus) Around the Great Salt Lake

Weber State University, Ogden, UT