Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Making Contact

   Today I fully committed to the freshwater fish advocacy group. No real modifications were needed to the idea. I also want to have a video to go alongside the final presentation, shown at a separate time. This is because of possible length issues, because it's likely to go over 20 minutes (the maximum length of our final presentation), and to have the audience pay more attention to it. I'll give video details after I do much more research.
   I also contacted Elizabeth Marchio as a mentor. Mrs. Marchio is an ichthyologist who studies swordtails and other livebearers in Belize. She is currently working on her doctorate at Texas A&M University.
   Links : http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/science-and-technical/sfc274.pdf
Identifying freshwater ecosystems with nationally important natural heritage values: development of a biogeographic framework is about the diversity of New Zealand freshwater ecosystems. It's kind of long, so I had to skim through it somewhat. It talks about the effects of catastrophic events like earthquakes on recolonizing the ecosystem, as well as the worth of conserving some specific habitats.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/freshwater.php
A basic overview of freshwater habitats. Provides a small background on the diversity of the habitats.

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