Bernard Field Station Use Requests for Current Semester
Course Requests
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1267641156-Diane_Thomson
Submitted: 2010-03-03 10:32:36
Course Information
Course Name: Field Biology
College: JSD
Course Number: BIOL 135 L
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 3
Instructor Information
Instructor: Diane Thomson
Email: dthomson@jsd.claremont.edu
College Phone: 909-607-0029
Other Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-03-03 to 2010-03-14
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Evening, Night
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
This use request is specifically for 3 students in the field bio class who want to carry out some sampling of night flying insects for a project (Matt Ward, Carl Norlen and Matt Goldbach). Their project is on potential effects of light pollution on night flying insects. They will sample at 5-6 sites along a transect from Foothill Blvd. into the interior of the BFS, in CSS habitat starting in the west field and paralleling the main drive north from there. They will setting up a sheet with black light and sampling for 40 minutes at each site. They will need to collect data on multiple nights (probably 2 sites/night for three nights), at around the same time (8-10 pm). Only these three specific students will be involved in the project, so there should not be other people coming in at night as part of this work.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1267640834-Diane_Thomson
Submitted: 2010-03-03 10:27:14
Course Information
Course Name: Field Biology
College: JSD
Course Number: BIOL 135 L
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 16
Instructor Information
Instructor: Diane Thomson
Email: dthomson@jsd.claremont.edu
College Phone: 909-607-0029
Other Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-03-03 to 2010-03-26
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Afternoon, , Students will complete work on own time.
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
The students are carrying out arthropod sampling as part of the field biology class. There are four different group projects. One is for night sampling, and I submitted that use request separately. The other three projects involve: 1. Setting up pitfall traps at all four corners of the eight ongoing experimental blocks my lab set up in the east and west field during 2006-7. These blocks were described in an earlier use request. The pitfall traps are small (plastic cups approximately 2 cm wide) and will use a 50% ethanol/water mix as a non-toxic preservative, so we do not anticipate any non-target impacts. One of my thesis students used similar traps last year with no problems. The traps will remain open for no more than a week. Traps will be checked every 24 hours and closed earlier if they appear to be capturing very large numbers of arthropods and students have already met sampling goals. 2. Sweep net sampling in the same experimental blocks, on a single day. 3. Setting up pitfall traps near Artemisisa shrubs that are either isolated (defined as more than 2-3 m from the nearest conspecific) or growing in a cluster, and sampling the canopy by shaking the branches over a sheet. The students will sample 5-10 isolated Artemisia and 5-10 in a cluster, using 1 pitfall trap/shrub. The pitfall traps will be set up and monitored as described above in 1. 4. Along three transects in the coastal sage scrub just north of the west field, the students will place water bowls to sample flying insects. The bowls are small, white plastic containers and will be filled with water and a drop of detergent as surfactant. The students will place 6 bowls/transect and monitor them daily for up to a week, removing them if they appear to be capturing very large numbers of arthropods and have already met sampling goals. These students will also carry out sweep net sampling on a single day in the herbaceous vegetation at each of the 6 sampling sites per transect (18 total). Finally, I will be demonstrating use of a bug vac (reverse powered leaf blower) for students on a single day next week. We do not plan to carry out any systematic sampling with this method, but may resample some plots or transects to look at how method influences the amount of arthropod diversity detected. All samples will be pinned and archived at JSD.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1267052665-Clarissa_Cheney
Submitted: 2010-02-24 15:04:25
Course Information
Course Name: Introductory Genetics with Laboratory
College: Pomona
Course Number: BIOL 040 Biolo
Number of Sections: 4
Approx. no. of students per section: 38
Instructor Information
Instructor: Clarissa Cheney
Email: clarissa.cheney@pomona.edu
College Phone: 909-621-8605
Other Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-03-02 to 2010-03-05
Frequency: Each afternoon from 3/2 to 3/5
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, oak forest along drive, classroom/infirmary area
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
This is the freshman intro bio class from Pomona. We are giving the lab sections each a brief tour of the BFS so they will know what facilities are available for projects and course work during their time at Pomona.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1266515398-Catherine_McFadd
Submitted: 2010-02-18 09:49:58
Course Information
Course Name: Ecology & Environmental Biology
College: HMC
Course Number: BIOL 108
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 10
Instructor Information
Instructor: Catherine McFadden
Email: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College Phone: 74107
Other Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-03-05 to 2010-03-29
Frequency: 1-3 visits
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
Natural history observation assignment. Class tour of BFS on 3/5 (9-10 am) after which each student will return to BFS one or more times individually to make observations of various types of interspecific interactions.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1264478187-Melinda_Herrold-
Submitted: 2010-01-25 19:56:27
Course Information
Course Name: Protecting Nature: Parks, COnservation Areas and P
College: Pitzer
Course Number: ENVS 124
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 18
Instructor Information
Instructor: Melinda Herrold-Menzies
Email: mmenzies@pitzer.edu
College Phone: 77960
Other Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-01-27 to 2010-05-10
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, we would only occasionally use the outdoor classroom
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
The students will be learning about the ecosystem and plants of the BFS. We will be doing this through observation. The students will also be engaged in volunteer management projects under professor or manager supervision (e.g. exotic weed removal). Additionally, as part of understanding ecosystem management the students will develop management plan for the BFS that combines human and ecosystem needs.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1264440839-Paul_Stapp
Submitted: 2010-01-25 09:33:59
Course Information
Course Name: Mammalogy
College: California State University Fullerton
Course Number: BIOL 478
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 17
Instructor Information
Instructor: Paul Stapp
Email: pstapp@fullerton.edu
College Phone: 657-278-2949
Other Phone: 909-626-4843 (h
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-03-02 to 2010-03-06
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Evening, , live traps set at dusk; checked at dawn
Areas to be used: western CSS, eastern CSS, north field, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Species that are most likely to be caught: Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse), Neotoma lepida (desert wood rat), Neoto
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? YES
Will flags or markings be used? temporary stake-wire flags and flagging
Description of project/event:
As part of an upper-division course in Mammalogy, I would like to introduce students to basic mammalogical field techniques, including setting live-traps, handling and marking small mammals, making morphological measurements, and taking microhabitat measurements at trap locations. Over a period of 3 days, we will trap small mammals in grassland and CSS habitats at the BFS, using Sherman live traps. Traps will be set at dusk and checked at dawn, ie we will focus on nocturnal species, although ground squirrels might be captured. Animals will be marked with ear-tags (to determine recaptures) and released. Any marking flags will be removed upon completion of the project.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1264402846-Nancy_Hamlett
Submitted: 2010-01-24 23:00:46
Course Information
Course Name: Microbiology Laboratory
College: HMC
Course Number: BIOL 128
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 6
Instructor Information
Instructor: Nancy Hamlett
Email: Nancy_Hamlett@hmc.edu
College Phone: 909-607-3811
Other Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-01-26 to 2010-01-26
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
Microbiology students will collect small (< 5g) soil samples from Coastal Sage Scrub for isolation and characterization of Bacillus sp. and Actinomycetes.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1263596200-Frances_Hanzawa
Submitted: 2010-01-15 14:56:40
Course Information
Course Name: Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
College: Pomona
Course Number: BIOL 041 E
Number of Sections: 2
Approx. no. of students per section: 24
Instructor Information
Instructor: Frances Hanzawa
Email: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
College Phone: 909-621-8601
Other Phone: 909-607-9794
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-01-20 to 2010-04-29
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Afternoon, , independent projects may use other times
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom,
Plant or animal species to be studied: Insects, avifauna, and plant life of BFS
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? We will use 4x5" stake flags to mark locations of pitfall traps used in the 3rd lab project.
Description of project/event:
In the first lab, we will collect amphipods from pHake lake for use in a population genetic study. For the second lab project, students will observe birds attending feeders that we will put up. For the third lab project, students will collect ground-dwelling arthropods in pitfall traps and analyze vegetation and habitat variables.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1263337254-Susan_Schenk
Submitted: 2010-01-12 15:00:54
Course Information
Course Name: Introductory Biology
College: JSD
Course Number: BIOL 044
Number of Sections: 9
Approx. no. of students per section: 22
Instructor Information
Instructor: Susan Schenk
Email: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College Phone: 74018
Other Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-04-19 to 2010-04-30
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, south field, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, First week only
Plant or animal species to be studied: Whatever is blooming or fruiting
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Some students will mark/bag plants with class and name
Description of project/event:
During the first week, students will learn about flower structure, inflorescence type, and pollinators using mostly plants available at the BFS. Students will design experiments and collect data during that or the following week. Some experiments will require marking sites with flags, or bagging flowers.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1263336763-Susan_Schenk
Submitted: 2010-01-12 14:52:43
Course Information
Course Name: Introductory Biology
College: JSD
Course Number: BIOL 044
Number of Sections: 9
Approx. no. of students per section: 22
Instructor Information
Instructor: Susan Schenk
Email: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College Phone: 74018
Other Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-04-05 to 2010-04-16
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Dawn, Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, corner, classroom/infirmary area, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Assorted plants and insects
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
Students will walk transects in the coastal sage scrub in the afternoons the first week, collecting information on plant and insect numbers and diversity, along with samples of both. Observations on bird diversity and numbers will take place in the morning during that and the following week. Corresponding data sets will be acquired on the developed campus and the effect of development on numbers and diversity will be compared.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1263336295-Susan_Schenk
Submitted: 2010-01-12 14:44:55
Course Information
Course Name: Introductory Biology
College: JSD
Course Number: BIOL 044
Number of Sections: 9
Approx. no. of students per section: 22
Instructor Information
Instructor: Susan Schenk
Email: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College Phone: 74018
Other Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-03-29 to 2010-04-02
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, Boats,
Plant or animal species to be studied: Lake edge invertebrates
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? There will be a transect line across the lake
Description of project/event:
Students will collect productivity data using BOD bottles suspended from floats and compare the effect of depth and correlation with light and temperature. Students will also describe four edge sites at the lake and collect physical information at each. Site characteristics will be correlated with invertebrate numbers and diversity.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1263335941-Susan_Schenk
Submitted: 2010-01-12 14:39:01
Course Information
Course Name: Introductory Biology
College: JSD
Course Number: BIOL 044
Number of Sections: 9
Approx. no. of students per section: 22
Instructor Information
Instructor: Susan Schenk
Email: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College Phone: 74018
Other Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-03-01 to 2010-03-14
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, corner, classroom/infirmary area, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Argentine ants, Linepithima humile
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Some experiments may need to be flagged
Description of project/event:
Students will be introduced to ant behavior and data collection methods during the first week. They will design an experiment and then collect data during the second week.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1262803525-Sheila_Pinkel
Submitted: 2010-01-06 10:45:25
Course Information
Course Name: Light Explorations
College: Pomona
Course Number: EA 026
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 18
Instructor Information
Instructor: Sheila Pinkel
Email: spinkel@earthlink.net
College Phone: 909 607 2685
Other Phone: 323 256 1853
Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2010-01-28 to 2010-04-13
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
Students in Light explorations will each be assigned one or two plants to use to make photographs, photograms, optical microscope images, scanning electron microscope images and high speed photographs. Students will compare the look of a plant in January with its development in April.
Research Requests
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1266448371-Marion_Preest
Submitted: 2010-02-17 15:12:51
User Information
Name: Marion Preest
College: JSD
Email: mpreest@jsd.claremont.edu
College Phone: 607 8014
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Faculty member
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: N/A
Name: N/A
Email: N/A
Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2010-01-01 to 0000-00-00
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Anaxyrus boreas (Western toad)
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? YES
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
Two thesis students (Erin Baumler and Maya Higgins) are monitoring the establishment of the "new" toad pond that was constructed in Fall, 2009. This pond has filled with rainwater, but the silt load remains very high and no breeding activity has been noted. We intend to determine whether the new pond is a currently a suitable habitat for tadpoles and newly metamorphosed toads or whether we need to wait another year before we can establish animals at this site. If there is a negative effect of the silt load on the tadpoles, I suspect that it will be because of reduced food availability because of low rates of algal growth.
The students will:
1) look for toad eggs in both old and new ponds.
2) record when hatching first occurs.
3) transfer some tadpoles to Keck Science Center and raise them in water obtained from the new pond, the old pond, or decloraminated tap water. Survival and growth will be monitored. Animals will be returned to the field once they have reached metamorphosis. The animals will be raised in Room 12c away from other amphibians in the building so as not to risk introducing pathogens into the wild population when we release them.
4) record temperature, pH, light intensity at the new and old ponds.
5) establish algal colonies in the lab and measure the effects of light intensity of algal growth rates.
6) deploy plexiglass plates in the old and new ponds at various depths and measure algal growth rates. These plates will be approximately 10 cm x 10 cm and will be covered with mesh to prevent access of tadpoles. After several weeks, the plates will be taken to the lab and algal growth measured.
7) at least twice between hatching and metamorphosis, we will attempt to quantify the number of animals in the old pond. I imagine "herding" the animals up one end of the pond, temporarily laying a piece of white plastic on the floor of the pond and place pieces of plexiglass constructed like a giant funnel (the tadpole equivalent of a cattle chute) on the plastic. We will mount a video camera above the midpoint of the "chute" and animals will be filmed as they swim through the chute.
8) if we establish that tadpoles can survive and will grow in the new pond, we will transfer several hundred animals to the new pond. We will erect a low fence (~ 10 cm high) around the Easternmost portion of the pond. This will allow us to count the number of animal that survive to metamorphsis. Once they have become semi-terrestrial, we will transfer them to the Westernmost portion of the new pond and they will be free to come and go. have access to vegetation, etc.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1258565711-Claire_Walker
Submitted: 2009-11-18 09:35:11
User Information
Name: Claire Walker
College: HMC
Email: cwalker@hmc.edu
College Phone: (415) 602-9448
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: HMC
Name: Lisette de Pillis
Email: depillis@hmc.edu
Phone: (909) 621-8975
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 3
Dates of use: 2009-11-18 to 2010-05-16
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: sunrise - sunset
Areas to be used: north field, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
Our Global Clinic project is to design a wastewater treatment system for a rural Chinese village. Our Singapore counterpart team is working on the design of a greywater system while our HMC team works on the design of a blackwater system. Our project will require building and testing modifications to the Multrum composting toilet design. Collection of samples is necessary in order to determine if our modifications and variational treatment of the compost is beneficial to the composting process.
Dimensions: All work will be contained within an outer superstructure, which will be a prefabricated shed. The dimensions of the shed are 10’x14’, with a height of 8’. The floor of the shed is steel and plywood, and is a part of the prefabricated kit. It will also be anchored. The prefabricated shed is an Arrow shed, model number RH1014.
Safety: The prefabricated shed will ensure that rodents and other animals cannot enter the composting toilets. A combination lock will be on the shed door so human access will be limited as well. If approved, a list of regular users of the toilet will be submitted. Any other users of the toilet will be escorted by a team member into and out of the BFS. Throughout all testing, the waste will be contained in the constructed latrines and collected in containers meant for waste transport, ie, waterproof and able to be sealed. No materials will leave the shed unless sealed within a waterproof and sealed container to ensure nothing spill onto the BFS land.
Sampling: All samples of composted material will be collected with a soil auger and deposited into a sealed container. This will be done within the superstructure shed to ensure that no material will be spilled onto the BFS land. Samples will then be transported within sealed containers to the front gate. The frequency of sample collection will be determined from the results of tests, but will not start most likely until March.
Deconstruction: All materials brought into the BFS for this experiment will be taken out at the end of the spring semester 2010. To decontaminate any uncomposted waste, we will chemically decontaminate before putting all compost waste into 55-gallon drums for pick-up by IDR. We will manually disassemble the shed and bring any reusable components back to the HMC campus and bring the rest of the materials to the dump for disposal.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1256847586-Michal_Shuldman
Submitted: 2009-10-29 13:19:46
User Information
Name: Michal Shuldman
College: UC Berkeley
Email: mishuldman@berkeley.edu
College Phone: 510-642-1054
Other Phone: 718-614-4727
Category: Graduate student
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: UC Berkeley
Name: Todd Dawson
Email: tdawson@berkeley.edu
Phone: 510-642-6090
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-12-21 to 2010-03-30
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive
Facilities or equipment needed: none
Plant or animal species to be studied: Heteromeles arbutifolia (toyon)
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
California is a biodiversity hotspot with a unique flora. Current and future climate change will affect plants on physiological and ecological levels. I use comparative ecophysiology of closely related species found in different environments to elucidate some possible outcomes of climate change. My research is focused on the California native shrub Heteromeles arbutifolia.
If plants currently found in climatically stable environments (e.g. coastal) are adapted to constant environments, they may be under greater threat from increases in climatic extremes, such as heatwaves. There have been numerous studies examining the effects of increased average temperatures on plants in California and elsewhere but, we know much less about the impact of increased extreme temperatures on the terrestrial biosphere. My research examines the effect of extreme heat events on multiple populations of the wide spread shrub Heteromeles arbutifolia. I will be growing seeds collected from multiple locations (including BFS) in one coastal and one inland common garden near UC Berkeley.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1256766449-Sarah_Woods
Submitted: 2009-10-28 14:47:29
User Information
Name: Sarah Woods
College: Pomona
Email: slw32008@mymail.pomona.edu
College Phone: 909-260-8667
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Fran Hanzawa
Email: FMH04747@pomona.edu
Phone: 909-621-8601
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-10-28 to 2010-05-01
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: ground-dwelling beetles (Coleopterans)
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? flags for marking pitfall traps and flagging tape to mark beginning/end of transects
Description of project/event:
I plan to examine the effects of edges caused by habitat fragmentation on the biodiversity of ground-dwelling beetles (Coleopterans) at the Bernard Field Station. More specifically, I will research the effects of man-made edges by assessing the diversity and abundance of beetles along transects spanning the “neck” of the BFS. The peripheral and interior roads of this area will be the primary edges of focus. Along approximately five transects spanning across the research area, I will place pitfall traps every 10 meters that will be present in the field for 3 days. Traps will be laid along transects approximately once every month. I will determine the number of individuals/species present and use these data to assess the biodiversity and species richness of beetles. I will also research similar edges at an additional site with less fragmentation than the BFS for comparison. From this study, I hope to examine how fragmentation and edge effects influence the biodiversity and species richness of an ecosystem.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1255387166-Nichole_Gleichma
Submitted: 2009-10-12 15:39:26
User Information
Name: Nichole Gleichmann
College: Scripps
Email: ngleichm@ScrippsCollege.edu
College Phone: 720-939-3214
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Joint Science Department
Name: Diane Thomson
Email: dthomson@jsd.claremont.edu
Phone: 607-0029
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 2
Dates of use: 2009-10-15 to 2010-06-15
Frequency: Several-days/week, With gaps between sampling
Time of day: Daylight hours depending on schedule
Areas to be used: south field
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Amsinckia mensiezii, Phacelia distans, Camissonia bistorta, Bromus spp.
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Flagging with aluminum tags at base used to mark plots
Description of project/event:
The goal of this project is to look at how invasive grass litter and dead biomass from the previous growing season affects germination of native seeds. 6 blocks, each 2.5 m by 2.5 m in size, will be set up in the south field grassland. Each block will contain 4 .75 m by .75 m plots that will receive the following treatments: 1. Control. 2. All invasive grass litter removed. 3. Invasive grass litter removed and replaced with an equivalent volume/cover of straw. 4. Invasive grass litter removed, ground up and replaced in the plot. These treatments will allow me to determine if litter negatively affects germination, and if so whether these effects are mostly physical (such as shading) or partly chemical. In each plot, I will plant 10-20 seeds for three native plants (Amsinckia mensiezii, Phacelia distans and Camissonia bistorta). All seeds were collected at the BFS last spring. I will then return and count germinated seedlings in all plots.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1255386354-Adam_Hanbury-Bro
Submitted: 2009-10-12 15:25:54
User Information
Name: Adam Hanbury-Brown
College: Pitzer
Email: abrown@pitzer.edu
College Phone: (203) 921-6144
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: JSD
Name: Donald McFarlane
Email: dmcfarlane@jsd.claremont.edu
Phone: (909) 607 2564
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-10-12 to 2010-05-01
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: central CSS, corner, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Eriodictyon trichocalyx (Yerba Santa)
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
This project examines the degree of infection of sooty fungus on Eriodictyon trichocalyx. It specifically looks at how elevation and proximity to urban areas influences the abundance and severity of infection.
I will be examining the success of sooty fungus at multiple sites below 2000 feet (including the BFS), as well as at sites of higher elevation. The density of stands will be measured in an effort to see if this variable has a significant effect on infection.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1253768122-Allison_Rossman
Submitted: 2009-09-23 21:55:22
User Information
Name: Allison Rossman
College: Pomona
Email: akr02006@mymail.pomona.edu
College Phone: (206) 949-7708
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Frances Hanzawa
Email: FMH04747@pomona.edu
Phone: (909) 621-8601
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-09-24 to 2010-04-30
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Brassica nigra (Black Mustard), Vulpia myuros (Rat-tail Fescue), Artemisia californica (California sagebrush), Eriogonu
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Flags and flagging tape will be used to locate and mark soil collection and potting sites.
Description of project/event:
An important component of plant ecology is the presence of chemicals in soil and leaves that inhibit the germination and growth of nearby seeds and plants, a phenomenon called allelopathy. I will be studying how allelopathy in coastal sage scrub (CSS) contributes to invasion resistance and if the effect differs between plant health and species. This will be accomplished by examining the effects of soil from under native shrubs on the germination and growth of two non-native species, Brassica nigra and Vulpia myuros. I will use three native shrubs, Artemisia californica, Eriogonum fasciculatum, and Eriodictyon trichocalyx, and compare older, senescent plants in the neck of the BFS with more actively growing plants in the central and eastern CSS. I will collect seeds of Brassica nigra and soil from under the canopies of the shrubs in the fall and conduct the germination and growth experiments in growth chambers and the greenhouse at Pomona College. Additionally, in the winter, I plan to conduct an experiment on the interaction between native shrubs and non-native seeds in the field in order to examine the effects of both soil-bound and volatile organic compounds from the native shrubs. I will place pots in the soil under the canopies and in the open to contain the exotic plants I am growing in the field.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1253230486-Amy_Briggs
Submitted: 2009-09-17 16:34:46
User Information
Name: Amy Briggs
College: Pomona
Email: amy.briggs@pomona.edu
College Phone: 781 572 1399
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Rachel Levin
Email: rachel.levin@pomona.edu
Phone: X18632
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-09-17 to 2010-05-15
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? YES
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
The Western Scrub-Jay is a small corvid which inhabits a diverse range of habitats in the western United States and Mexico. These birds are notorious for their cognitive abilities, particularly those which concern caching food for the future. The Western Scrub-Jay is generally known to be territorial and have strong territory fidelity, only rarely leaving its territory in times of drought or acorn shortage (Carmen 1988). However, nonbreeding “floaters” sometimes form groups of 5-15 individuals and travel around “scouting” for territories suitable for breeding (Westcott 1969). There is a sizeable population of these birds residing at the Bernard Field Station and on the Claremont College campuses. I am interested in which areas of the field station are suitable for Scrub Jay breeding territories, how large these territories are, and if males and females are differentially loyal to their territories. I am also interested in whether food availability is a primary factor in determining habitat quality, and whether Jay’s caches are randomly distributed or clustered around nests or food sources.
I will address these questions by color banding and genetically sexing scrub jays and observing their movements within the field station, including caching behavior of food provided at feeders. I will also map major food sources within the field station. Understanding how scrub jays are using space and what factors are important in determining territory quality will be useful in determining conservation strategies for the Western Scrub-Jay, the coastal sage scrub ecosystem, and the Western Scrub-Jay’s threatened relative, the Florida Scrub-Jay. It will also provide insight into the selection pressures acting on these birds, which may be generalizable to other species.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1252682535-Sally_Carter
Submitted: 2009-09-11 08:22:15
User Information
Name: Sally Carter
College: Pomona
Email: sac02006@mymail.pomona.edu
College Phone: 661-904-1988
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Fran Hanzawa
Email: frances.hanzawa@pomona.edu
Phone: 909-621-8601
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-09-11 to 2010-05-11
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, south field, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: harvester ants
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Each nest site will be marked with a flag.
Description of project/event:
I will be studying the diet and seed preferences of harvester ants for my senior thesis. I will be looking at nests in disturbed and intact areas of the field station, to determine whether the presence of non-native plants has a significant effect on the harvester ants’ diet. I will be collecting foragers as they return to the nest so that I can identify the food they are carrying in the lab. I will collect them by scooping individual ants up into plastic cups. These collections will be limited to approximately 30 ants per nest, at a total of ten nests, during each of 4 months. To get an idea of what seeds are available around the nest, I will be taking shallow soil samples (about 0.5 cm deep) along 12 meter transects surrounding the nest. I will do this by scraping up soil into a collecting container over an area of approximately 100 square centimeters.
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1247527027-Sally_Carter
Submitted: 2009-07-13 16:17:07
User Information
Name: Sally Carter
College: Pomona
Email: sac02006@mymail.pomona.edu
College Phone: 661-904-1988
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Fran Hanzawa
Email: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
Phone: 6218601
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-07-13 to 2010-06-01
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: harvester ants
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? I will mark ant nests with stake flags.
Description of project/event:
I will be studying the diet and seed preferences of harvester ants for my senior thesis. I will be looking at nests in disturbed and intact areas of the field station, to determine whether the presence of non-native plants has a significant effect on the harvester ants’ diet. I will be collecting foragers as they return to the nest so that I can identify the food they are carrying in the lab. These collections will be limited to approximately 30 ants per nest during each of 4 months. I will also be setting up seed traps (10 cm diameter sticky traps) on transects near each colony to determine what seeds are available in the area around the nest. Traps will be in place for 1 week.
Other Use Requests
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: our-1267632787-Charlotte_Chang
Submitted: 2010-03-03 08:13:07
User Information
Name: Charlotte Chang on behalf of Rebecca Lof
College: Pomona
Email: rel02006@mymail.pomona.edu
College Phone: 8058953192
Other Phone: N/A
You are a: Undergraduate student
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Michael O'Malley
Email: michael_omalley@pomona.edu
Phone: 909-607-2221
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 10
Dates of use: 2010-03-12 to 2010-03-13
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, classroom/infirmary area
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom,
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
My friend, Rebecca Lofchie, is an art major who will be conducting a performative art space. I am a biology major and a member of Students for the Bernard Field Station. As such, I am assisting her in one of her community art performances by leading a (very novice, introductory) bird-watching stroll through the BFS. Thanks Stephen! -Charlotte
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: our-1266958806-Warren_Roberts
Submitted: 2010-02-23 13:00:06
User Information
Name: Warren Roberts
College: Pomona, CUC
Email: warren.roberts@libraries.clare
College Phone: 607-0405
Other Phone: N/A
You are a: Staff member
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: N/A
Name: N/A
Email: N/A
Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 12
Dates of use: 2010-04-02 to 2010-04-02
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, power coord. I'll bring a projector .. is there a room instead to use a Projector?
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
A GPS Field Data Collection session open all faculty and students, staff on how to use the GPS and GIS .. exploring how to collect random or grid locations, use of laser range finder and how to bring GPS data into GIS
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: our-1266369083-Chris_Sundberg
Submitted: 2010-02-16 17:11:23
User Information
Name: Chris Sundberg
College: HMC
Email: csundberg@hmc.edu
College Phone: 621-8757
Other Phone: 909-260-2246
You are a: Staff member
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: N/A
Name: N/A
Email: N/A
Phone: N/A
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 5
Dates of use: 2010-02-16 to 2010-12-16
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon, , 4pm on Fridays
Areas to be used: western CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, We'll be running on the roads only
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
Running class for HMC students
Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: our-1255326959-Maya_Higgins_an
Submitted: 2009-10-11 22:55:59
User Information
Name: Maya Higgins and Erin Baumler
College: Scripps
Email: mhiggins@scrippscollege.edu
College Phone: (505)414-6605
Other Phone: N/A
You are a: Undergraduate student
Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: JSD
Name: Dr. Marion Preest
Email: mpreest@jsd.claremont.edu
Phone: 909-607-8014
Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 2
Dates of use: 2009-10-11 to 2010-05-10
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night, , build pond afternoon, observe at
Areas to be used: western CSS, vernal pools
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Anaxyrus boreas
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? YES
Will flags or markings be used? NO
Description of project/event:
Purpose: To observe the natural establishment and growth of a population of Anaxyrus boreas in the new toad pond. If the toads do not find the new pond on their own, we will attempt to determine if translocation would be a good conservation tool at the BFS. Methods: Create a new toad pond near pH lake. Monitor lake health/water chemistry/vegetation. Observe pond to determine if Anaxyrus boreas find and utilize the new pond. If they do, determine if their establishment is successful by looking at population growth/reproduction success. If not successful, attempt to translocate an existing population of A. boreas at the BFS to the new toad pond and measure the success of this establishment. Significance: To examine the success of conservation efforts and the ability of a species to acclimate to a new habitat naturally or by translocation in response to habitat destruction at the BFS.
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