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A bug’s life
If you have been a regular reader of the blog, you last heard from the bug team as we were setting out our not-so-high-tech bug trap made out of birch branches and twine in an attempt to catch amphipods. Unfortunately, that venture did not prove to be as successful as we hoped and netted only a handful of our targets.…
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Improvisation In The Field
This is Elliot and Emily checking in. We are part of the “bug team” studying the diversity of benthic invertebrates (bugs that live of the bottom of lakes and streams) and their role in carbon and nutrient processing. Our project has two main parts.…
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Almost there…
As other people have posted, a defining fact of our lives right now is that my computer clock says 6:45 AM and my wristwatch says 9:47 PM (who even knows where those extra two minutes went). Everything has been sort of surreal due to countless hours of flying and sleep deprivation sandwiched around brief moments of exploring two very different parts of Russia.…
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Hello!
Hi everyone! My name is Elliot Vaughan and I am a junior at Carleton College in Minnesota. I am majoring in biology and also take a lot of Spanish classes (which will probably not be all that useful this summer). The majority of my ecological field research has involved waking up very early to map and observe birds by myself so I am excited to spend time doing more ecosystems-based research with a group.…
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