Project:

An investigation of plants with epiphytic algae growing on in urban lakes in Suzhou

Students:

Jixiao Wu, Yingzhe Xu, Yuqi Pu

School:

Dulwich International High School Suzhou；Ulink College of Wuhan；Suzhou Industrial Park Institute of Service Outsourcing, Suzhou, China

Mentors:

Xinyue Wang

Abstract:

Epiphytic algae can grow on a large variety of aquatic plants, this relationship have both positive and negative effects on the environment. The effects of removing a species in the system is not predictable. To understand this interaction, we use DNA barcode (a way of identify species via comparing their similarity of genetic sequence) to identify the aquatic plant species and invested their mutualism or competition.

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