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Invertebrate
Biology of the Creek
| Tara
Simonds, working with Dr. Gwen Pearson, studied the invertebrate biology of the creek. Collection techniques
including netting benthic organisms disturbed by stirring up the
sediment, sieving sediment, and sampling logs and rocks in the
stream. |
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Tara preserved
all the organisms collected, and in the laboratory classified them
creating an inventory of genera. Several standard diversity
indices were applied to the population data, and these all indicated
degraded populations in parts of the creek with significant sand and
silt deposits on its bed. The least diverse populations were
in the area of the hog farm. |
Next: Microbiology
For more information, contact Dr. Tim Lincoln, Institute for
the Study of the Environment, Albion College, Albion MI 49224.
Phone (517) 629-0486 – e-mail tlincoln@albion.edu
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