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edia

Pro

ject

Intr

oduc

tion

M

arin

e o

rgan

ism

s c

an b

e u

sed

as

indi

cato

rs o

f en

viro

nmen

tal

chan

ge a

s th

ey r

espo

nd t

o

chan

ges

in

phy

sica

l co

nditi

ons

(te

mpe

ratu

re,

salin

ity,

nutr

ient

con

cent

ratio

ns).

U

sed

by

cl

imat

olog

ists

to m

easu

re a

nd u

nder

stan

d e

nviro

nmen

tal c

hang

e.

A n

ew c

ours

e, E

OS

C 4

42:

Clim

ate

Mea

sure

men

t an

d A

naly

sis,

bei

ng d

evel

oped

for

the

C

ombi

ned

Maj

ors

in S

cien

ce P

rogr

am,

is d

esig

ned

to

intr

oduc

e 2

00 s

tude

nts

a y

ear

to f

ield

an

d la

bora

tory

mea

sure

men

ts in

clim

ate

sci

ence

.

The

end

goa

l is

to

gen

erat

e a

tim

e s

erie

s r

ecor

d o

f lo

cal c

limat

e c

hang

e w

ith c

ontr

ibut

ions

m

ade

by

stu

dent

s in

this

cou

rse

.

It is

crit

ical

to h

ave

a w

ell-d

esig

ned

gui

de a

nd r

efer

ence

ava

ilabl

e to

the

stu

dent

s. T

o th

is e

nd

we

hop

e t

o d

evel

op a

dig

ital e

ncyc

lopa

edia

of

loca

l pla

nkto

n, r

efle

ctin

g s

easo

nal v

aria

bilit

y,

crea

ted

from

sam

ples

take

n a

t Jer

icho

pie

r (t

he c

lass

sam

plin

g s

ite).

Fun

ding

:

TLE

F

D

epar

tmen

t of E

arth

and

Oce

an S

cien

ces

Typi

cal p

hyto

plan

kton

com

posi

tion

durin

g sp

ring

Hig

h re

solu

tion

zoom

able

imag

es (

virt

ual s

lides

)

Eas

ily

acce

ssib

le

prof

iles

of th

e ~1

00 m

ost

com

mon

sp

ecie

s in

BC

Qui

ck

acce

ss to

ge

nera

l ov

ervi

ew

and

defin

ing

deta

ils fo

r in

-cla

ss

disc

ussi

on

Com

plet

e de

taile

d ta

xono

mic

and

ec

olog

ic, i

nfor

mat

ion

Ann

otat

ed h

igh

qual

ity im

ages

Pop

-up

glos

sary

fo

r te

chni

cal

term

s

Det

aile

d sp

ecie

s pr

ofile

s

Exp

ecte

d re

sults

•W

eb-b

ased

pho

togr

aphi

c g

uide

of

the

±10

0 m

ost

com

mon

spe

cies

in

Jer

icho

be

ach

•Com

plet

e

taxo

nom

ical

an

d

ecol

ogic

al

desc

riptio

n f

or e

ach

spe

cies

with

eas

y

acce

ss

to

the

in

form

atio

n

for

in-c

lass

di

scus

sion

•Em

bedd

ed g

loss

ary

for

tech

nica

l ter

ms

•Hig

h

reso

lutio

n

zoom

able

im

ages

of

ty

pica

l sea

sona

l com

posi

tion

•Sim

ple

dic

hoto

mou

s k

ey f

or c

omm

on

gene

ra

•At-

a-gl

ance

pho

togr

aphi

c c

olle

ctio

n f

or

fast

iden

tific

atio

n Obj

ectiv

es

Fac

ilita

te t

each

ing

and

out

reac

h a

ctiv

ities

on

phy

topl

ankt

on t

hrou

gh t

he c

reat

ion

of

an e

asy

to

use

dat

abas

e

1. P

rovi

de a

new

gui

de t

o lo

cal p

lank

ton

incl

udin

g c

ritic

al t

axon

omic

det

ails

and

iden

tifyi

ng

char

acte

ristic

s a

nd g

ener

al e

colo

gica

l inf

orm

atio

n

2.

Pro

vide

a

base

fo

r th

e

time

-ser

ies

da

ta

that

E

OS

C

442

stud

ents

w

ill

use

to

st

udy

en

viro

nmen

t ch

ange

on

long

tim

esca

les

(cl

imat

e c

hang

e),

inte

rmed

iate

tim

esca

les

(E

l Niñ

o),

or s

hort

-ter

m p

heno

men

a (

harm

ful b

loom

s, e

nviro

nmen

tal d

istu

rban

ces,

e.g

. oi

l spi

lls)

3. P

rovi

de a

n i

mag

e-b

ased

rec

ord

of

seas

onal

var

iabi

lity

in

our

loc

al o

cean

eco

logy

tha

t is

av

aila

ble

to th

e w

ider

uni

vers

ity c

omm

unity

and

the

pub

lic.

Par

ticip

ants

:

Tara

Ivan

ochk

o

Dav

id C

assi

s

Jade

Shi

ller

Gla

dys

Oka

Met

hods

•2

0µm

mes

h s

ize

net

•Sam

ples

at

Je

richo

be

ach

tw

ice

a w

eek

for

a fu

ll ye

ar

•Obs

erve

d u

nder

a N

ikon

80i

m

icro

scop

e

fitte

d

with

an

ad

vanc

ed 1

2Mp

cam

era

•Thi

s

stud

ent-

driv

en

proj

ect

coun

ts w

ith a

team

of g

radu

ate

an

d u

nder

gadu

ate

stu

dent

s

Ben

Moo

re-M

aley

Ade

n S

heik

Sam

Hua

ng

Dit

ylu

m b

rig

htw

ellii

C

erat

ium

fu

sus

Ast

erio

nel

la f

orm

osa

C

het

oce

ros

deb

ilis

Gu

inar

dia

del

icat

ula

Th

alas

sio

ssir

a ro

tula