Barcode Long Island Team God Squad
Program:
Barcode Long Island
Year:
2018-19
Research Topic:
Wildlife & health
Taxonomic Group Studied:
Animals: Invertebrate

Project:

Barcoding the Species of Macroinvertebrates of the Peconic River
Students:
Rishi Shah, Jake Pfeffer, Austin Wefer
School:
Eastport South Manor HS, Suffolk
Mentors:
Robert Bolen

Abstract:

Based on prior data from previous groups it appears that water quality has improved based upon the increased number of natural insect predators like dragonflies and damselfies and lower trophic level consumers such as amphipods. This would reduce the number of disease carrying insects such as mosquitoes, which can carry Zika and West Nile Viruses.

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