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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
1:00-4:30 pm
Phoenix Room B: University Union

Public is invited, Refreshments will be served.

Nick and Zach

Cofrin Grant recipients Nick Hamus and Zach Moureau carry nets to the bayshore.

Thanks to a generous endowment from the family of Dr. David Cofrin and the late John Cofrin, annual awards are awarded for student research on the Cofrin Arboretum and UW-Green Bay natural areas. Students carry out a field project in collaboration with a UW-Green Bay faculty member and will present results in at our annual research symposium. The grants are competitive and must contribute to improving our understanding of ecology on one or more of the UW Green Bay Natural Areas.

Students interested in applying for a Cofrin Grant should contact a faculty member in the area of interest and design a brief (2-5 page) proposal containing an introduction (with literature review), objective, proposed methods, and anticipated outcomes of the work. Proposals for the upcoming year must be submitted online following the instructions on the website www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity and click on the Cofrin Research Grant link. Proposals are due on March 31 by 5 pm. For more information please visit the website or contact Vicki Medland at medlandv@uwgb.edu.

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Schedule of Presentations:

1:00      Introduction

1:10     Andrew LaPlant (faculty advisor: Amy Wolf)        

Exotic Slug Abundance in Five Contrasting Northeast Wisconsin Forests

1:30     Cody Sandahl (Faculty advisor: Matt Dornbush)

Connecting the dots from death to dirt; Understanding how live roots alter soil   microbial activity

1:50      Lindsey Bender and Gary Wauters (Faculty advisor: Dan Meinhardt)        

Population Dynamics and Seasonal Movement of Three Snake Species on the University Of Wisconsin Green Bay Arboretum


2:10      David Lawrence and Eric Struck (Faculty advisor: Bob Howe)         

Fish Assemblages in Mahon Creek, Wequiak Creek, and Point Au Sable Estuary, Wisconsin

2:30      Emily Castellanos  and Kelli Briski (Faculty advisor: Mike Draney)      

The Search for Clubiona pallidua

2:50      Zach Moureau and Nick Hamus (Faculty advisor: Bob Howe)           

Temporal Variation in Nearshore Fish Assemblages at the Kingfisher Farm Natural Area of Western Lake Michigan

3:10      Erin Gnass and Nicholas Walton (Faculty advisor: Bob Howe)      

Evaluation of Avian Survey Effort at Point au Sable Natural Area in Brown County, Wisconsin

3:30      Aaron Groves (Faculty advisor: Amy Wolf)          

Method Analysis of Bee Trapping Techniques (Vane Traps vs. Bowl Traps) *

3:50      Andrea Gruen (Faculty advisor: Dan Meinhardt)       

Estimating Effects of Land Use on the Frequency of Amphibian Malformations in UWGB Natural     Areas*

4:10 Matt Abrahamzon  (Faculty advisor: Kevin Fermanich)

Mahon Creek Hydrology and Water Quality: Initiation and collection of baseline data from an automated monitoring station.*

* Tentative title

 

Biodiversity Topics: Introduction . Plants . Animals . Mammals . Birds . Reptiles & Amphibians . Arthropods . Spiders . Insects

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Last updated on March 1, 2011