Abstract:
In
the second year of amphibian research at Normandale, the research team
continues
to track the fungal anuran disease chytridiomycosis in order to
determine the distribution and infection rate of the disease. During the
course of their field work, the team finds a strange case of parasitism
seemingly unrecorded in the scientific and natural
history literature. Everyone knows that frogs eat flies. But can the
tables be turned? Join us for a short presentation on scientific
research at Normandale, and find out who's eating who in Minnesota's
ponds and forests.
Presenters:
Eric Wurm
is currently attending Normandale Community College with plans to
transfer
to the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology to pursue a
degree and career in genetics and synthetic biology. Eric's natural
environment is the laboratory, and he is an avid keeper of tropical
fish.
Brian
Wolff earned his M.S. in Environmental Biology at the University of
Minnesota,
Duluth, and his Ph.D. in Conservation Biology at the University of
Minnesota. He has been teaching biology, environmental biology, and
ecology courses since 1994.
Friday October 26, 2012.
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