Project:

Testing the biodiversity of algae in freshwater still and running bodies of water in Dosoris pond Glen Cove

Students:

Michelle Pinilla, Juliette Pesantez, Rose Tursi

School:

Glen Cove High School,

Mentors:

Kerry Bunyan

Abstract:

In our project we will collect samples of algae in freshwater and compare the biodiversity in still and running water. Dosoris pond in Glen Cove will be where we find one location with both runoff and still water to collect our samples from. There’s multiple examples of freshwater algae we can find like, Blue Green Algae, Brown Algae, and Red Algae. Our hypothesis is the running water location in the fresh body of water will have more diversity since its environment is constantly cycling water from other areas. Our objective is to find the difference in biodiversity in freshwater (Dosoris pond) with a runoff and still location of water. We are also looking to see how each plant affects each environment it is in. The materials we will be using are gloves for protection, ziplocs for storage, and ITS for identification gene for the algae. From each location we are planning to get 10 samples from Dosoris pond in both running and still water locations.

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