Project:

Using beach grass to determine the state of the beach’s ecosystem post-Sandy

Students:

Michael Steffanetta, Gregory Kowalczyk, Danish Farooq

School:

Babylon Junior-Senior High School, Suffolk

Mentors:

Claire Donaldson

Abstract:

We plan to identify the genes of grass species on rebuilt dunes to the species present on the non-rebuilt dunes post Sandy. We will also examine the biodiversity of the rebuilt dune ecosystem. With this, we will compare the populations on the natural dunes to the rebuilt dunes.

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