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Bernard Field Station Use Fall 2005

Other Uses and Activities

Request No.: 05FCE53171
Submitted on: 11/6/05 at 2:58 PM
User: David Walter McCormick, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: david.mccormick@pomona.edu
College phone: 909-263-2399

Number in group: 2
Dates: 11/09/2005 to 11/09/2005
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: other, Some sort of tools to assist with collection of material, e.g., machetes, shovels.
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Typha latifolia, Broad-leafed cattail.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of activity or project: We plan to collect Typha latifolia from the field station in order to test the photosynthetic activity of this plant. We plan to collect two full plants. The leaves from these plants will then be used to determine whether Typha latifolia employs the C3 or C4 mechanism for photosynthesis.

Request No.: 05F59BEF39
Submitted on: 10/25/05 at 8:31 PM
User: Alexandra Ristow, Undergraduate student, CMC
E-mail: aristow08@mckenna.edu
College phone: 573 999 7137

Number in group: 2
Dates: 10/27/2005 to 11/06/2005
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: other, Water from pHake lake
Will any plant or animal species be studied? No
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of activity or project: I am currently volunteering at a local elementary school, where I co-teach a science class once a week. As part of a class on microscopes, my partner and I wanted to use a small sample of water from pHake lake (similar to how we observed the small organisms in our Bio 44 class last semester). I discussed this idea with Dr. Schenk and she didn't think it would cause a problem.

Thanks!

Request No.: 05D4A4B846
Submitted on: 9/2/05 at 12:17 PM
User: Valerie Love, Undergraduate student, Pitzer
E-mail: vlove@pitzer.edu
College phone: 925-918-3466

Number in group: 1
Dates: 09/02/2005 to 12/15/2005
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of activity or project: I'm doing an independent study project learning the native flora and fauna and practicing nature observation techniques. I will be visiting a particular area (I haven't yet chosen the area) in the BFS several times a week to draw and identify plant and animal species. The purpose of the project is to increase my understanding and appreciation of the local sage scrub ecology.