To start off this week I worked on literature searches for Dave again. I went back to 2004 reviewing research papers on Web of Science. I did this for both of the invasive species we are looking at, the Rusty Crayfish and the New Zealand Mud Snail. I organized these papers as I did earlier in the internship. Also for Dave I entered the measurements for the crayfish that I finished measuring last week. I created an excel spreadsheet for this, and I have to say that it turned out nice! From here I can review the data for my project poster.
On Tuesday and Thursday Keelie and I went to Starky Experimental National Forest for the day to help finish experiments with Sam. To help Sam, Keelie and I captured bees that landed on flowers with hand nets. For one of the experiments at Starky, Sandy and Sam want to look at what bees pollinate what flowers. These days were long but Starky is so beautiful I had no complaints! I am not sure how many bees we caught but I know it was more than I could count with both hands. Below are some scenery pictures of Starky.
To end this week I worked on searching for spiders and solifugids in the pitfalls. These samples were captured from The Nature Conservancy at Boardman Oregon. We collected these samples a couple week backs. This task was a refreshing break from computer lab work, even though the process is quite daunting. Each pitfall takes about three hours to complete. You have to sift through a lot of debris and dirt. Once a spider or a solfugid is found they get placed into viles, one for spiders and one for solifugids.
