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Bernard Field Station Use Spring 2005

Course Uses & Projects

Request No.: 0599784C27
Submitted on: 2/22/05 at 3:11 PM
Instructor: Stephen C. Adolph, HMC
E-mail: adolph@hmc.edu
College phone: 607-1872

Course: BIOL108 HM - Ecology and Environmental Biology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 12 students per section
Dates: 02/25/2005 to 05/01/2004
Frequency: Other - Each student will visit BFS 2-3 times, for ~1 h each time
Time of day: Varies - after our initial class visit (Feb. 25, 9-10 am), students will visit on their own during daylight hours.
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary area, 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 course experiment, project or activity: Students will be making natural history observations as a class assignment. They may touch plants (or possibly animals), but will not be sampling or doing any experimental manipulations.

Request No.: 059504D54F
Submitted on: 2/15/05 at 10:20 AM
Instructor: dan guthrie, JSD
E-mail: dguthrie@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 607-2836

Course: ENVS620 JS - environmental science
Number of students: 1 Section, approx. 90 students per section
Dates: 03/01/2005 to 04/01/2004
Frequency: Other - after an initial orientation, students will do surveys at times to suit their convenience over a week-long period.
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - all coastal sage species
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: plant, insect, and bird surveys of coastal sage. Plant surveys involve walking transects and taking small clippings for identification. Insect surveys involve limited sweep net collection. Bird surveys involve observation at point localities. Survey data will be compared to similar data from the campuses.

Request No.: 059D208711
Submitted on: 2/14/05 at 4:46 PM
Instructor: Sia Morhardt, Pitzer
E-mail: smorhardt@pitzer.edu
College phone: 621-5250

Course: Envir Stu 137 - Plant Classification
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 14 students per section
Dates: 02/16/2005 to 05/03/2005
Frequency: Weekly - about every other week
Time of day: Morning
Areas to be used: western CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, north field, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Students will be looking at vegetation, and collecting small samples to examine and classify.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will first visit as a group to look at the vegetation and be introduced to the site. Later, a few of the students (about 5 or 6) will return at various times over the growing season and select plant species to document (i.e., classify, draw, photograph), and bring samples to the classroom. The class as a whole will probably visit BFS 2 - 3 times over the semester.

Request No.: 059634FD86
Submitted on: 2/3/05 at 12:02 PM
Instructor: Nina Karnovsky, Pomona
E-mail: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
College phone: 607-9794

Course: BIOL132 PO - Vertebrate Biology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 13 students per section
Dates: 02/14/2005 to 05/06/2005
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Varies - Some activities are at night others in day
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Neotoma fuscipes and Neotoma lepida
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? Yes
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: As part of this class, students will be comparing the habitat preferences of the two species of woodrats that are at BFS. I will be attaching small, removable radio collars to woodrats. The students will relocate the rats several times a week. They will map their locations and will measure vegetation characteristics where rats are found. Traps for woodrats will be placed in the evening and checked several times during the night to ensure that no rats are sitting there too long. After capture they will be weighed and sexed, fitted with the radio collar and given a PIT tag. This is a small injected tag that reads like a bar code. This method is preferable to ear tags because ear tags often get pulled out and rip the ears of the rat. All the protocols have been approved by the Fish and Game for both species. Students will be responsible for relocating the rats while they are out foraging. They will need access to BFS at dusk and at night (this is one reason why I want to use BFS, it is safer than sending them elsewhere). These are all advanced biology students who are familiar with BFS and its rules. Students will also make maps of all the woodrat houses that they can find. It is my hope that this project will continue throughout the summer and next fall. Woodrats will be recaptured to remove the radio collars when the batteries start to run out.

Request No.: 05963264DB
Submitted on: 2/3/05 at 11:38 AM
Instructor: Nina Karnovsky, Pomona
E-mail: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
College phone: 607-9794

Course: BIOL132 PO - Vertebrate Biology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 13 students per section
Dates: 02/14/2005 to 05/06/2005
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Varies - mostly in am but also in afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - White Crowned Sparrow, Zonatrichia leucophrys
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? Yes
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: As part of this class we are starting a longterm study of winter flocks of white crowned sparrows. This is the first year of the study. We will catch white-crowned sparrows in mist nets and weigh and measure them and band them and release them. Holding time for each bird will be less than 5 minutes. Birds recaptured in the following year (also as part of Vert Bio class) will be fitted with indivually colored color bands. Behavior in flocks will be observed. I will have a permit from the banding lab to conduct this study. Other birds incidentally caught in the nets will be banded as well.

Request No.: 0596307AA5
Submitted on: 2/3/05 at 11:21 AM
Instructor: Nina Karnovsky, Pomona
E-mail: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
College phone: 607-9794

Course: BIOL132 PO - Vertebrate Biology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 13 students per section
Dates: 02/04/2005 to 05/06/2004
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Varies - most often will be in morning but also at dusk
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - all avifauna
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: As part of this class students are learning to identify the local birds and they are observing their behaviors. I would like students to use BFS to make their observations because of the diverse habitats and avifauna there. Students will be working in pairs. These are all biology majors who are familiar with BFS and its rules. No other students who are not enrolled in the class will be accompanying them.

Request No.: 058D862BA3
Submitted on: 1/20/05 at 10:50 AM
Instructor: Hal Van Ryswyk, HMC
E-mail: hal_vanryswyk@hmc.edu
College phone: 73908

Course: CHEM112 HM - Instrumental Methods Laboratory
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 9 students per section
Dates: 04/04/2005 to 05/04/2004
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: eastern CSS, north field, south field
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? Yes - We will mark two transepts (one for Mills and Foothill Blvd) with a total of three flags each.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Study of lead in soil from vehicle emissions. This class will do a preliminary study to inform a service-learning project to be offered next year to all HMC freshmen. The use of BFS for this preliminary study is important, as we expect to establish a range of baseline values of lead in soil as a function of distance away from a heavily trafficked roadway in the absence of turf grass. This project will involve removal of several small (2-10 g) surface soil samples along each trancept.

Request No.: 058C78FAE6
Submitted on: 1/18/05 at 6:00 PM
Instructor: Frances Hanzawa, Pomona
E-mail: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
College phone: 621-8601

Course: BIOL116 PO - Ecology and Evolution of Plants
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 8 students per section
Dates: 01/31/2005 to 04/25/2005
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Many plant species. The particular species used will depend on the questions students decide to investigate.
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Stake flags labeled with course number and students' names. Flags will be in place <4 weeks.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: During February students will carry out experiments on plant demography. In March and April, each student will do an independent project on some aspect of plant ecology.

Request No.: 059632CF55
Submitted on: 1/18/05 at 2:34 PM
Instructor: Melinda Herrold-Menzies, Pitzer
E-mail: Melinda_Herrold-Menzies@pitzer.edu
College phone: 909-607-7960

Course: ENVS074 PZ - Doing Natural History
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 15 students per section
Dates: 01/25/2005 to 05/01/2004
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, 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 course experiment, project or activity: We will be doing some observation & drawing of plants.

Request No.: 058EB9AF85
Submitted on: 1/6/05 at 12:21 PM
Instructor: Marion Preest, JSD
E-mail: mpreest@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 607 8014

Course: BIOL057 JS - Concepts in Biology
Number of students: 2 Sections, approx. 22 students per section
Dates: 02/01/2005 to 02/15/2005
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Boats,
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - various zooplankton and phytoplantkon obtained by tows from pHake Lake
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: We will measure depth, temperature, and oxygen concentration from a variety of sites on pHake Lake. We will make a series of plankton tows and identify the organisms collected back in the lab.

Request No.: 058E36D3FA
Submitted on: 1/5/05 at 4:30 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL440 Select - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 4 Sections, approx. 45 students per section
Dates: 04/19/2005 to 04/29/2005
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Varies - From 12-5 the first week. Various other times that week and the next depending on the experiments the students design.
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, The classroom is only needed the first week.
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Assorted plants and insects.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Some student experiments may require short term marking of sites.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: During the first week, students will examine infloresence types and structures of some flowers, practice identifying insects and counting their visits to CSS plants in bloom, learn to collect nectar, and design an experiment. Groups will collect data at the BFS during the week or so following this lab for statistical analysis and presentation.

Request No.: 058E351265
Submitted on: 1/5/05 at 4:14 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL440 Select - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 4 Sections, approx. 45 students per section
Dates: 04/05/2005 to 04/15/2005
Frequency: Other - Daily the first week from 1-4, then before 10 am that and the following week for bird counts.
Time of day: Dawn, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, corner, infirmary area
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - CSS plants, insects, and birds
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will walk a transect in coastal sage scrub the first week. They will collect information on plant volume and height, plant abundance and diversity, and insect abundance and diversity. Later that week or the next they will identify and count birds. Plants and insects will be identified and counted in lab the following week. This information will be compared with a similar set collected on the developed part of the campus.

Request No.: 058E33EC2E
Submitted on: 1/5/05 at 4:03 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL440 Select - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 4 Sections, approx. 45 students per section
Dates: 03/29/2005 to 04/01/2004
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, Boats,
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Assorted aquatic invertebrates in the dip net samples.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Buoys in lake

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will investigate changes in oxygen production in BOD bottles in light and dark at different depths in the lake and correlate the findings with changes in light and temperature. They will also collect dip net samples from four sites around the lake, identify species, and count numbers of individuals. They will look for correlations of numbers and feeding type (herbivores, carnivores, or detritivores) with physical conditions at each site.

Request No.: 058E32989D
Submitted on: 1/5/05 at 3:51 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018, Other phone: 621-6381

Course: BIOL440 Select - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 4 Sections, approx. 45 students per section
Dates: 03/01/2005 to 03/27/2005
Frequency: Other - Daily first week, then depending on student experimental design
Time of day: Varies - 1 to 4 the first week, then varies depending on student experimental design
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, corner, infirmary area, north field, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Argentine ants, Linepithema humile
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Some student experiments may require short term flagging of sites

Description of course experiment, project or activity: During first week, students will investigate preference of ants for sugar or protein. Each group will design an experiment and collect data over the next few weeks.

Request No.: 047E499E85
Submitted on: 10/13/04 at 4:35 PM
Instructor: Jennifer Perry, Pomona
E-mail: jennifer.perry@pomona.edu
College phone: 607-9675

Course: ANTH000 PO - Field Methods in Archaeology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 8 students per section
Dates: 10/25/2004 to 05/05/2004
Frequency: Other - About 3, but no more than 5 times total
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: 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 course experiment, project or activity: We will be conducting archaeological survey, looking for artifacts on the ground surface, but not collecting anything. We will also be taking landscape photographs for an exhibit on Indian Hill.