Project:

The Effect of Urbanization on Ant Biodiversity in a Suburb in Northern New Jersey

Students:

Andy Zhao, Sean Kim

School:

Tenafly High School, Other

Mentors:

Anna Rubenchik

Abstract:

The objective in this Urban Barcode Project is to investigate and determine the correlation between ant biodiversity and urbanization in different parts of Northern New Jersey suburb. We plan to collect a total of fifteen ants’ samples from three different locations, varying in urbanization, and identify the species through DNA barcoding Chelex protocol.

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