Allison Steele
Major: Biology
Expected Graduation: May 2012
Components:
· Research component
· Outreach component
· Conservation component
Activities:
· Performed EPA evaluation surveys
· Designing and carrying out field ecology experiments
· Data analysis
· Researching and interpreting journal articles on the state of the field
· Performed an analysis on stream health
· Classified wetlands via the ORAM
· Survey of salamander and geolycosa populations in the field
· Skills Developed:
Ability to:
-design experimental procedures
-keep a field notebook
-gather measurements in the field
- use Gmail and Google Docs effectively
-perform the Primary Headwater Habitat Evaluation Form
-perform the Ohio Rapid Assessment Manual Test
-perform a VIBI assessment
-capture and identify small vertebrates
-some plant identification
-plant dissection