Project:

DNA barcoding snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) communities of the former Staten Island Landfill

Students:

Akash Vaidya, Kevin Lin

School:

Staten Island Technical High School,

Mentors:

Eugenia Naro-Maciel

Abstract:

Stormwater basins in the Freshkills former landfill support turtle communities including snapping turtles, their leech parasites, and their prey. There are few barcodes for these species on the Barcode of Life database. Our goal is to use DNA barcoding for species identification of these groups.

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