Project:

The Effect of Distance From Water no the Biodiversity of Mosquitoes in Hempstead Lake State Park

Students:

Tomi Akinkugbe, Kayla Rundle, Melania Stark

School:

Lynbrook Senior High School, Nassau

Mentors:

Kathleen McAuley

Abstract:

This research is being done to test the effect of distance from water on the biodiversity of mosquito species. Mosquitoes will be collected at Hempstead Lake State Park, and the experiment will be conducted in the lab. The mosquitoes will be barcoded to determine the biodiversity of mosquitoes at the chosen locations. This experiment is very important because mosquitoes can spread extremely deadly diseases, and it is important to understand what types of diseases can be spread and how they can affect humans. Only certain species of mosquitoes carry diseases, and only female mosquitoes can bite. A few infected mosquitoes can cause an outbreak and by conducting this experiment, it can be concluded which areas are best to avoid for avoiding possible diseases. The intended methods for this experiment are to first receive mosquito traps, place the traps different distances from the water, and use the Silica method the mosquitoes to isolate mosquito DNA to be able to barcode the mosquitoes a

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