Project:

Crusty Crusters

Students:

Zehao "Randy" Li, Jie "Jerry" Chen, Xiaohu "Tiger" Wang, Benran "Jimy" Zhang

School:

The Stony Brook School,

Mentors:

Erol Altug

Abstract:

Abstract: Recreational boating is a popular leisure activity in American society; however, the driving and deposition of yachts can lead to detrimental effects upon the water quality by releasing unwanted chemicals, which would change the pH level of the water and cause an imbalance in the system. Sand Street Beach is a popular leisure place on Long Island, yet the beach has suffered visualizable environmental changes. A reasonable conjecture would be that the presence of yachts and the Stony Brook Yachts Club in close vicinity worsens the water quality by introducing chemicals such as hydrocarbon and metals. This project will evaluate the extent to which the Stony Brook Yachts Club has influenced its surrounding biodiversity by sampling, along Sand Street Beach, intertidal crustaceans, which will be barcoded using the MT-CO1 gene.

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