Environmental Science & Ecology Students Present Research at Rochester Academy of Science
Graduate and undergraduate students from the Department of Environmental Science and Ecology presented their research at the 48th Annual Rochester Academy of Science Fall Paper Session on Saturday, October 29, 2022.
Oral Presentations:
- MAPPING THE PRESENCE OF INVASIVE PLANTS IN THE BROCKPORT NATURAL AREA. Adam Graziano and Kathryn Amatangelo.
- THE POTENTIAL OF COMBINED COLOR AND BOTTLE TRAPS FOR MORE EFFICIENT INSECT SAMPLING. Ray Marszalek and Kathryn Amatangelo.
- USE OF FATTY ACID SIGNATURE TO ASSESS DIET OF CALIFORNIA CHINOOK SALMON POPULATIONS EXPERIENCING THIAMIN DEFICIENCY. Jarrod Ludwig and Jacques Rinchard.
- IMPACTS OF FORESTRY MANAGEMENT ON TREES AND OAK SEEDLINGS IN
WESTERN NEW YORK OAK FORESTS. Charlotte Buechi and Kathryn Amatangelo. - IDENTIFYING AND CHARACTERIZING FORESTED FLOODPLAINS. James Zollweg and Lydia Sweeney.
Poster Presentations:
- ASSESSING THIAMINE DEFICIENCY IN DIVING AND SEA DUCKS IN NEW YORK. Robert Buckert, Jacques Rinchard, Christopher Norment, and Jacob Straub.
- ASSIGNING AGE TO FEMALE MALLARDS (ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS) USING GREATER SECONDARY COVERT FEATHER #2. Riley Frantzen and Jacob Straub.
- SURVIVORSHIP AND GERMINATION OF PLANTED AND SEEDED NATIVE SEDGE/GRASS MEADOW SPECIES IN RESTORED GREAT LAKES COASTAL WETLANDS. Rene Belleville and Rachel Schultz.
- WATER CHEMISTRY AS A TOOL TO REVEAL MOVEMENT BEHAVIORS OF FISHES IN LAKE ONTARIO TRIBUTARIES. Lauren Malboeuf and Matthew Altenritter.
- CHANGES IN PLANT COMMUNITY COMPOSITION POST EMERALD ASH BORER (AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS) INVASION. Grace Dowdall and Andie Graham.
- EVALUATING HABITAT PREFERENCES OF STATE THREATENED CAREX CHORDORRHIZA WITHIN CRANBERRY POND FEN. Zoe Povilaika and Rachel Schultz.
- THIAMIN DEFICIENCY IN STEELHEAD TROUT: A COMPARISON BETWEEN LAKE ONTARIO AND LAKE MICHIGAN. Mya Henry and Jacques Rinchard.
- TIMED CUTTING AS A POTENTIAL CONTROL METHOD FOR BRACHYPODIUM SYLVATICUM IN SENSITIVE CONSERVATION SITES. Noah Dilorenzo and Andie Graham.