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The following shows what people and projects have applied for BFS use for the current semester. If you want to apply for BFS use, please use our Use Request Form.

Course Requests:

Request No.: 098137534A
Submitted on: 2/18/09 at 12:24 PM
Instructor: Edmond Pearson, HMC
E-mail: pearson@hmc.edu
College phone: 607-2257 , Other phone: 261-0854

Course: BIOL108 HM - Ecology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 11 students per section
Dates: 02/23/2009 to 02/23/2009
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/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: This visit is just intended as a "walk through" to introduce the students to the field station.

Request No.: 0976D73BDF
Submitted on: 2/1/09 at 5:28 PM
Instructor: Marion Preest, JSD
E-mail: mpreest@jsd,claremont.edu
College phone: 607 8014

Course: BIOL057L JS - Concepts in Biology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 11 students per section
Dates: 04/09/2009 to 04/23/2004
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? Yes - Students will be observing a variety of plants and animals on the BFS
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? Yes
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Don't know yet - depends on experiment students decide to work on

Description of course experiment, project or activity: These are non-science majors students and the point of the work they will carry out in the first two weeks is to get them thinking and observing like scientists.In the first week, the students will wander around the BFS for two hours camera, notebook, and maps in hand. I am asking that they identify or describe as many species as they can and come up with a number of questions. They will take photographs of something that interests them particularly and write something about it (formal report, poem, story, etc). WE will discuss their questions and pick one to investigate as a class during the second week. Because I do not know yet what that question will be I cannot elaborate further. I will not be terribly invasive, will not require that we remove organisms from the BFS, etc.In the third week, the students will be carrying out a lab investigating thermoregulation. They will have some plastic lizards (of various colors) that they will place in sun and shade and measure their skin temperatures. They will measure the thermal profiles in a habitat of their choice. They will observe Sceloporus occidentalis and attempt to noose some in order to measure body temperature. Lizards will be released unharmed where they were captured within 30 seconds of capture.

Request No.: 0976D2EFBA
Submitted on: 2/1/09 at 4:49 PM
Instructor: Marion Preest, JSD
E-mail: mpreest@jsd,claremont.edu
College phone: 607 8014

Request No.: 0973210A03
Submitted on: 1/26/09 at 5:19 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL044 JS - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 6 Sections, approx. 22 students per section
Dates: 04/20/2004 to 05/06/2004
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Varies - 1-5pm the first week. After this students use will vary depending on the experiments designed.
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, corner, north field, south field, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, Boats, Only the first week, from April 20 to April 24 from 1 to 5 pm
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Various 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 experiments will require students to mark the study plants.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will investigate floral structure and inflorescence types, along with pollination syndromes. They will observe insect visits to plants and collect nectar. After this each group will design an experiment investigating some aspect of pollination biology and collect data over the following week or so. This information will be the basis for an oral report.

Note: the drop down menu only goes up to 6 sections but we have 9.

Request No.: 09731FDFE2
Submitted on: 1/26/09 at 5:09 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL044 JS - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 6 Sections, approx. 22 students per section
Dates: 04/06/2009 to 04/16/2004
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Varies - Each afternoon the first week. Bird observations in mornings the second week.
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, corner, south field, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Assorted CSS plants and associated insects
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 collect information along a transect on plant volume, profile, and diversity in the CSS at the field station. Insects will be collected as well. Information on numbers and species of birds will be collected in the same area in the mornings. A similar set of data will be taken on the developed part of the campus and the relationship between changes in vegetation and in numbers and diversity of plants, insects, and birds between the two habitats will be analysed.

Note: although the drop down menu only goes up to 6, there are 9 lab sections

Request No.: 09731EF2AE
Submitted on: 1/26/09 at 5:00 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL044 JS - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 9 Sections, approx. 22 students per section
Dates: 03/30/2009 to 04/03/2004
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 lake invertebrates
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Four sites around the lake edge will be marked for sampling and observation

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will assess productivity in the lake using the change in oxygen content in BOD bottles over 24 hours and relate it to light and temperature availability. They will also describe four sites around the lake edge and take light, temperature, pH, and oxygen readings. These will be compared with numbers and diversity of invertebrates in the water at each site.

Request No.: 09731E2C71
Submitted on: 1/26/09 at 4:53 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL044 JS - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 9 Sections, approx. 22 students per section
Dates: 03/02/2009 to 03/13/2009
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Varies - Afternoons the first week, student visits will vary the second week
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, eastern CSS, corner, north field, south field, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Linepithema humile (Argentine ant)
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 study ant preference for different baits during the first week and design an experiment to carry out the second week. These experiments may take place at any time of day and in any location, depending on the question asked.

Request No.: 096FF967AA
Submitted on: 1/21/09 at 2:48 PM
Instructor: Frances Hanzawa, Pomona
E-mail: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
College phone: 621-8601

Course: BIOL001D PO - Ecology for Non-Majors
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 12 students per section
Dates: 01/26/2009 to 01/27/2009
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: 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 coastal sage scrub plant and insect species.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Plastic stake flags will be used to mark study sites within which individual seedlings will be marked with plastic cocktail picks.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will examine the coastal sage scrub plant community and will carry out short term experiments on plants and insects that will be observational and non-destructive. Some insects will be collected in pitfall traps.

Request No.: 096FF7A9E6
Submitted on: 1/21/09 at 2:32 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. 12 students per section
Dates: 01/28/2009 to 04/29/2009
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, 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 - Various plants. Species will depend on the questions students choose to examine.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Plastic stake flags will be used to mark sample points or quadrats. These will be in place for the duration of experiments that last 4-7 weeks and will be removed at the end of each project.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Seed bank project (28 Jan-18 Feb): Students will design and carry out experiments to examine the ecological role of the seed bank for a species or community at BFS. A 7-cm soil auger will be used to collect samples, which will be germinated in a greenhouse. As the number of soil cores removed will be small, the impact of sampling should be very minimal.

Demography projects (4 Feb - 4 March): Students will design projects that use collection and analysis of demographic data. The particular question and plant species explored is up to the students, but they will be encouraged to work on a weedy species such as Erodium cicutarium or Brassica nigra since these grow quickly, are abundant, and removal or manipulation of these plants is not detrimental.

Independent projects (25 March- 6 May): Students will work on projects of their own choosing. Topics will vary. An individual use request will be submitted for any project that involves significant collection or manipulation of plants.

Request No.: 096F468948
Submitted on: 1/20/09 at 11:40 AM
Instructor: Nina Karnovsky, Pomona
E-mail: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
College phone: 909-607-9794 , Other phone: 909-621-8603

Course: BIOL041E PO - Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
Number of students: 2 Sections, approx. 24 students per section
Dates: 01/21/2009 to 05/05/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Afternoon , Varies - during independent projects it could vary
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, Boats,
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - insects and avifauna and plant life of BFS
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - For one lab we will be setting pitfall traps to collect insects and these willbe marked with flags.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: For our first lab we will collect amphipods from pHake lake. For the second lab students will observe birds attending feeders that we will put up. For the third lab, students will collect insects with pitfall traps.

Request No.: 096CC9E08E
Submitted on: 1/16/09 at 11:05 AM
Instructor: Catherine McFadden, HMC
E-mail: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College phone: 607-4107

Course: BIOL110 HM - Experimental Ecology Laboratory
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 9 students per section
Dates: 02/09/2009 to 04/08/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning , Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - various plants and animals - general biodiversity survey
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - transects and census plots may be marked temporarily with forestry flags and tape

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Biodiversity survey of "HMC property" (area 1 on BFS map). Students will compare the distribution and abundance of various plant and animal species in the HMC property to other areas within the BFS.

Request No.: 096CC42561
Submitted on: 1/16/09 at 10:13 AM
Instructor: Catherine McFadden, HMC
E-mail: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College phone: 607-4107

Course: BIOL110 HM - Experimental Ecology Laboratory
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 9 students per section
Dates: 04/06/2009 to 04/20/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning , Afternoon, Night
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, Boats, Outdoor classroom required only on Mon Apr 06, 1-5 pm.
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - zooplankton: Daphnia and copepods
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - rope transect will be strung across pHake Lake for the duration of the experiment

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will design and conduct an experiment to detect diurnal migration of zooplankton in pHake Lake. Initial plankton samples will be taken on Apr 06. Students will return on multiple days over the following two week period to take plankton tows during the day and night. Zooplankton will be collected using a plankton net and EtOH-preserved for subsequent identification and quantification.

Request No.: 0852C3F379
Submitted on: 12/5/08 at 8:27 AM
Instructor: Paul Faulstich, Pitzer
E-mail: paul_faulstich@pitzer.edu
College phone: 909 , Other phone: 621-8818

Course: ENVS147 PZ - Environmental Education
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 25 students per section
Dates: 01/20/2009 to 05/15/2009
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Dawn , Morning
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, classroom/infirmary area, south field, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom,
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: The Leadership in Environmental Education Partnership (LEEP) provides college students with the exciting opportunity to teach elementary school children from diverse backgrounds about ecology and environmental concerns in our community. Developed in partnership with educators from the Pomona and Claremont Unified School Districts, LEEP provides hands-on lessons in environmental awareness and appreciation, ecological diversity, habitat restoration and pollution prevention. By engaging children in the understanding and appreciation of their local environment, LEEP fosters values of citizenship and social responsibility. In working closely with college students and faculty, the children also gain exposure to positive role models and mentors.

This year, LEEP will enable approximately 200 school children from four elementary schools in Claremont and Pomona to study ecological and environmental issues at the Bernard Biological Field Station. During ten-week units, classes of children visit the field station once a week for three hours to study the coastal sage scrub ecosystem which was once prevalent in our region.

LEEP makes extensive use of the field station's natural resources and outdoor laboratory. Under the guidance of college students, elementary school children conduct environmental science projects at the station's outdoor lab, engage in cooperative problem-solving, and participate in activities that build environmental responsibility. Experts in environmental education lead training sessions for college students and school teachers on the principles and techniques of outdoor education. On-site workshops addressing such topics as plant identification, animal tracking, and Native American uses of plants are geared toward the school children.

Request No.: 0838F38BB4
Submitted on: 10/24/08 at 2:25 PM
Instructor: Melinda Herrold-Menzies, Pitzer
E-mail: mmenzies@pitzer.edu
College phone: 77960

Course: ENVS010 PZ - Environment & Society
Number of students: 2 Sections, approx. 27 students per section
Dates: 10/28/2008 to 10/28/2008
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning , Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, 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: Introduction to the ecosystems at the Bernard Field Station as part of this introductory environmental studies course.

Request No.: 0837AFB87D
Submitted on: 10/22/08 at 1:18 PM
Instructor: Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, JSD
E-mail: gedwalds@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 77068

Course: AISS 1AL, 1BL - Accelerated Introductory Science Sequence
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 27 students per section
Dates: 11/06/2008 to 11/06/2008
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Dawn , Morning
Areas to be used: pHake Lake, vernal pools
Facilities or equipment needed: None
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 course experiment, project or activity: In this lab, students will examine the connections between physical conditions and community composition at different locations around the lake. They will collect small amounts of water samples from different locations around the pHake lake and analyze microorganisms present by microscopy (back at JSD lab). They will not collect any other plant or animal samples. The physical conditions they will measure will be at the shore or nearby (i.e. not far enough into the water to require boats). We will bring thermometers, oxygen meters, conductivity meters, and pH meters with us.

Request No.: 08366C3AD3
Submitted on: 10/20/08 at 12:13 PM
Instructor: Rachel Levin and Frances Hanzawa, Pomona
E-mail: Rachel.Levin@Pomona.edu
College phone: x18632

Course: BIOL041E PO - Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
Number of students: 2 Sections, approx. 18 students per section
Dates: 01/24/2008 to 05/01/2008
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Varies - depends on experimental question
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, Boats, Boats, oars, oarlocks, life vests on Jan 24-25. Classroom on Jan 31 and Feb 1, 28, and 29.
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Amphipods, insects and common birds, vegetation of the BFS. See course description below.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - We will temporarily mark plots with flags. Names and course number will be on flags.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: 1. Jan 24,25: Collection of amphipods (<200) from pHake Lake for population genetics study.

2. Feb 1-28: Avian behavioral ecology lab - observation of various seed-eating birds 1-2 days/week for 3 weeks in student projects (Feeders set up Feb 1, labs start Feb. 6,7).

3. Mar 5-26: Analysis of Ecological communities. Students establish study plots in which to census plants & animals and set and collect arthropods in pitfall traps.

4. Apr 9-May 3: Independent projects. Some of these will be conducted on the BFS.

Request No.: 0835BF1A6F
Submitted on: 10/19/08 at 9:58 AM
Instructor: Melinda Herrold-Menzies, Pitzer
E-mail: mmenzies@pitzer.edu
College phone: 77960

Course: FS 003 PZ - California’s Landscapes
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 13 students per section
Dates: 10/15/2008 to 12/15/2008
Frequency: Other - twice per month
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/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: The purpose is to introduce students to various California ecosystems (Coastal Sage Scrub, riparian areas, alluvial fan areas, vernal pools) and identify typical plants.

Request No.: 083D8C389E
Submitted on: 9/30/08 at 9:24 AM
Instructor: Nancy Hamlett, Pomona
E-mail: Nancy.Hamlett@Pomona.edu
College phone: x73811

Course: BIOL189N PO - Microbiology
Number of students: 2 Sections, approx. 5 students per section
Dates: 10/09/2008 to 10/10/2004
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Oarlocks, oars, and life preservers
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 create a depth profile of chemical indicators of microbial activity in pHake Lake. They will measure oxygen concentration and and temperature in situ and will remove approximately 1-L water samples at 2-ft depth intervals for determination of salinity, sulfide, chlorophyll, bacteriochlorophyll, and total direct counts of bacteria and protists.

Request No.: 08317D0929
Submitted on: 9/10/08 at 9:03 PM
Instructor: Nancy Hameltt, Pomona
E-mail: Nancy.Hamlett@Pomona.edu
College phone: x73811

Course: BIOL189N PO - Microbiology
Number of students: 2 Sections, approx. 5 students per section
Dates: 09/11/2008 to 09/12/2008
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: eastern CSS
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: Microbiology students will collect 1-5 g soil samples from coast sage scrub for enumeration, isolation, and characterization of Bacillus sp. and Actinomycetes.

Request No.: 08308D7C0C
Submitted on: 9/9/08 at 8:43 AM
Instructor: Paul Faulstich, Pitzer
E-mail: paul_faulstich@pitzer.edu
College phone: 909 , Other phone: 621-8818

Course: ENVS065 PZ - Ecological Landscaping
Number of students: 2 Sections, approx. 20 students per section
Dates: 10/01/2008 to 10/04/2004
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Morning
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, south field, lower neck, central 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: Introductory tours of the Station

Request No.: 083017BB0E
Submitted on: 9/8/08 at 2:51 PM
Instructor: Frances Hanzawa, Pomona
E-mail: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
College phone: 621-8601

Course: BIOL121 PO - Insect Ecology and Behavior
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 6 students per section
Dates: 09/12/2008 to 12/05/2008
Frequency: Other - 9/12 and 9/19; weekly 10/24 - 12/5
Time of day: Afternoon , Varies - students will occasionally work outside of lab hours
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, 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 - Various insects and host plants
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Stake flags will be used to mark traps for 1-3 days. If flags are used for student projects, these will be in place for 1-4 weeks.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will design and carry out projects examining herbivorous or gall-forming insects from 12-19 September. Each student will carry out a 6-week independent project on some aspect of insect behavior or ecology beginning in late October. (Many of these projects will be largely or entirely lab-based; only a few will be conducted at BFS.) In addition, students will occasionally collect insects via pitfall traps, nets, etc for a required insect collection.

Request No.: 082B39AEDB
Submitted on: 8/31/08 at 5:49 PM
Instructor: Nina Karnovsky, Pomona
E-mail: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
College phone: 909-607-9794

Course: BIOL112 PO - Advanced Animal Ecology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 15 students per section
Dates: 10/01/2008 to 10/31/2008
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn , Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Micropterus salmoides
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? Yes
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: We are interested in assessing whether or not the largemouth bass in the lake are having an impact on the turtle population. Will we assess whether or not these fish are consuming hatchings by collecting them with rod and reel and conducting both stomach content analysis and stable isotope anlaysis. We will also assess the popualtion structre of the fish population by examining their otoliths to determine their age. this experiement will allow us to know if there are large old fish in the lake (likely from when they were released there) or whether there are many sizes/ages which indicates theya re successfully breeding and the population is growing.

Request No.: 082B38E39A
Submitted on: 8/31/08 at 5:42 PM
Instructor: Nina Karnovsky, Pomona
E-mail: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
College phone: 909-607-9794

Course: BIOL112 PO - Advanced Animal Ecology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 15 students per section
Dates: 09/01/2008 to 09/30/2004
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Varies - study of diurnal migration
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - zooplankton such as Daphnia in pHake lake
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - We may install a rope across the lake.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: The purpose of this project is to understand how zooplankton migrate throughout the day and night. Students will design and carry out the project. They will measure light, turbidity and temperature and depth at different places in the lake and will collect zooplankton with a small net pulled from the row boat. Zooplankton will be preserved and will counted and identified at Pomona College.

Request No.: 082B37B10B
Submitted on: 8/31/08 at 5:31 PM
Instructor: Nina Karnovsky, Pomona
E-mail: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
College phone: 909-607-9794

Course: BIOL112 PO - Advanced Animal Ecology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 15 students per section
Dates: 10/10/2008 to 12/15/2008
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn , Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, south field, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Zonatrichia leucophrys (White-crowned sparrow)
Melospiza melodia (Song Sparrow)
Aphelocoma californica (Scrub jay)
Pipilo fuscis (Brown Towhee)
as well as other residents and migratory passerines

Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? Yes
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Mist nets and mist net poles will be set up the evening before we use the nets but the nets will be kept furled and tied until they are ready to open. Mist nets will be taken down after we close the nets.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: The purpose of this project is to:
1) determine if the wintering flocks of white-crowned sparrows return to the study area on an annual basis,
2) ascertain their length of residency time,
3) determine the habitat that they utilize while they are here,
3) assess winter survival rates,
4) monitor their condition throughout the winter, in particular, to see how fat reserves increase/decrease with time of year and weather patterns, and
5) examine wintering flock behavior looking at group size, membership and activity patterns.

Methods:
We will band White-crowned Sparrows with a metal numbered band and individual color band combinations as they arrive. We will take all the standard morphometric measurements. We will resight them throughout the winter noting the habitat they are found in, their behavior and who they are associated with. When we recapture birds, we will weigh them and note the amount of fat in their furculum.

Secondary purposes of the study:
1) to assess the timing and extent of migration of passerines during fall and winter. It is likely that we will catch migrants in our mist nets. These birds will be banded and measured and released.
2) to band and measure other resident birds at BFS. We will likely capture Scrub Jays, Brown Towhees and Song Sparrows in our mist nets. With the accumulation of a marked population at BFS, we will be able to assess population changes of residents. Data on body condition will be taken at every recapture to assess changes in health seasonally and over different years.

Research Requests:

Request No.: 098BCA9C81
Submitted on: 3/7/09 at 3:07 PM
User: Karla Whitfield, Undergraduate student, HMC
E-mail: kwhitfield@hmc.edu
College phone: 5038169936
Instructor/Advisor: Professor McFadden, 607-4107, mcfadden@hmc.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 03/08/2009 to 05/01/2009
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Morning , Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, north field, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - California Ground Squirrel Spermophilus beechyi
Will plants or animals be collected? no
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - I'll use tall flags to mark transect lines and could leave them out for up to a few weeks.

Description of research project: I'll be conducting a census of ground squirrels in the western CSS and field areas to compare abundances in those areas, as well as at varying distances from the outer fences to look at edge effects. I'll count the numbers of squirrel burrows along several transect lines at different distances from the fences in the two areas.

Request No.: 098A0EC8FE
Submitted on: 3/4/09 at 7:47 PM
User: Eric Gunther, Undergraduate student, HMC
E-mail: egunth@gmail.com
College phone: 8456162351
Instructor/Advisor: Catherine McFadden, 74107, mcfadden@hmc.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 03/04/2009 to 05/17/2009
Frequency: Other - on several occasions depending on census progress
Time of day: Dawn , Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - All species present along the western and eastern edges of area 1 (census only). I'm not sure exactly which species they will be yet
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - I will use flags to mark transects running north to south for census purposes

Description of research project: I am examining edge effects on plant life at the BFS by comparing the relative abundances of native and exotic plants along the western and eastern edges of area 1. The method will be by identifying and counting all plants along 20 ten meter transects running north to south on the edges. The significance is to elucidate the potential for invasive plant damage by development of the HMC property

Request No.: 0988F9BAEB
Submitted on: 3/3/09 at 1:45 AM
User: Brian Stock, Undergraduate student, HMC
E-mail: bstock@hmc.edu
College phone: (425) 306-7691
Instructor/Advisor: Cathy McFadden, (909) 607-4107, Catherine_McFadden@hmc.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 03/03/2009 to 04/08/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn , Morning, Evening, Night
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - I will mark 10 locations with pink flags: 2 in the HMC property, 2 in the central CSS, 1 in each section of the neck, and 3 in the north and south fields.

Description of research project: I will study the use of the Bernard Field Station by top bird predators present in the spring (Feb - April): the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Barn Owl (Tyto Alba), Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), and Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus).

I will quantify the use patterns of each of the top bird predators by repeatedly walking an established course through the BFS. At 10 locations along the course I will stop for 5 minutes and look for signs of the aforementioned species. I will record presence/absence and predatory bird activity for each location, as well as a description of environmental variables (time of day, weather, etc). Therefore, by the end of the survey I will have frequencies of observation for each of the 10 locations. During night walks I will play recorded owl calls and determine owl species to be present if responding owl calls are observed. During day walks I will look for soaring and perched hawks.

I will walk the route 4 times each week from 3/2 - 3/30, once for each time of day. Thus, I will have frequencies of observation for each of the 10 locations. To determine observation frequencies for each treatment, I will average the observation frequencies of the locations witin each sector.

By dividing the BFS into natural sectors, including the HMC property, I will be able to use an ANOVA test to determine if each raptor species uses any of the sectors more frequently. I will also be able to use an ANOVA test to determine at which times of day each raptor species is most readily observed. In the context of recent events at HMC, I will be able to determine if the top predatory birds present in the BFS use the HMC property more or less frequently than the rest of the BFS.

Request No.: 0988E47501
Submitted on: 3/2/09 at 10:32 PM
User: Patrick Nevarez, Undergraduate student, HMC
E-mail: pnevarez@hmc.edu
College phone: (915) 525-4956
Instructor/Advisor: McFadden, (909) 607-4107, Catherine_Mcfadden@hmc.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 03/03/2009 to 05/01/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Afternoon , Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) 
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Flags will be used temporarily to mark the corners of squares in which I will survey, they will be removed at the end of each day.

Description of research project: I will be surveying three zones in the BFS for dusky-footed woodrat nests: coastal sage scrub in the southwest, recovering sage scrub in the southeast, and alluvial fan sage scrub in the neck. Within randomly chosen 2500 square meter plots, I will count all woodrat nests and identify the plants they are built under, as well as all other plants taller than 1 m without nests. These data will provide information as to which area of the BFS has the highest density of dusky-footed woodrats, as well as which types of plants are preferred as nest sites.

Request No.: 0988C2E976
Submitted on: 3/2/09 at 5:26 PM
User: Clint Leach, Undergraduate student, HMC
E-mail: cleach@hmc.edu
College phone: 303-506-5544
Instructor/Advisor: Catherine McFadden, (909) 607-4107, mcfadden@hmc.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 03/03/2009 to 04/10/2009
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Dawn , Evening, Night
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Didelphis marsupialis (opossums), Procyon lotor (raccoons), Felis catus (domestic cats), and any other mesopredators likely to be in the field station.

Will plants or animals be collected? no
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - I will use flags to mark the location of track stations.

Description of research project: The goal of this project is to indirectly study the potential for trophic cascade and mesopredator release in the BFS in the event that the top predators are lost as a result of construction on the HMC property. This potential will be assessed by using tracks found in different areas of the BFS to get an idea of the relative abundance of mesopredators throughout the field station.

There will be four track stations placed in each of the three major habitats of the field station: coastal sage scrub, alluvial sage scrub, and non-native grassland. Each of these track stations will consist of a 1m-squared sheet of plastic with about 1cm of fine sand on top of it. In the center of each station, there will be a bait to attract predators. The stations will be raked and set up in the evenings, and the tracks counted and identified in the mornings.

In addition, one of the track stations in each habitat will be equipped with a motion activated digital tracking camera that will capture images of predators visiting the track station.

Request No.: 0988B58ABC
Submitted on: 3/2/09 at 3:25 PM
User: Harry Dudley, Undergraduate student, HMC
E-mail: hdudley@hmc.edu
College phone: 626 264 2194
Instructor/Advisor: Catherine McFadden, (909) 607-4107, Catherine_McFadden@hmc.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 03/02/2009 to 05/01/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn , Morning
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, lower neck, central neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - common insects and spiders
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - I will use 1.5 meter flags to mark 30 sampling sites.

Description of research project: This project is intended to census invertebrates at the BFS to estimate species richness, overall abundance, relative abundance, and diversity in the Coastal Sage Scrub and in the property that Harvey Mudd recently aquired. Samples will be taken with pitfall traps and sweep netting at 30 sites on 3 transects parallel to the fence in the lower neck and 3 more on Harvey Mudd's property. No vertebrates will be collected. Invertebrates will be preserved in jars and possibly pinned for identification and documentation.

Request No.: 0988AED3DD
Submitted on: 3/2/09 at 2:23 PM
User: Melinda Herrold-menzies, Faculty member, Pitzer
E-mail: mmenzies
College phone: 77960

Number in research group: 15
Dates: 03/03/2009 to 03/03/2009
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/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 research project: Students will be completing a natural history observation assignment. They will observe and identify plants and wildlife of southern California.

Request No.: 09889FB9F9
Submitted on: 3/2/09 at 12:06 PM
User: Andreas Schmid, Undergraduate student, CMC
E-mail: aschmid09@cmc.edu
College phone: 9098435427
Instructor/Advisor: Cathy McFadden, 74107, mcfadden@hmc.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 03/02/2009 to 03/30/2009
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Dawn , Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Herps
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Boards marked by flags.

Description of research project: A comparison of herpetofauna diversity and overall abundance between the western coastal sage scrub and central coastal sage scrub.

Request No.: 0988943596
Submitted on: 3/2/09 at 10:21 AM
User: Marissa Quitt, Undergraduate student, HMC
E-mail: mquitt@hmc.edu
College phone: 6614786383
Instructor/Advisor: McFadden, x74107, mcfadden@hmc.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 03/07/2009 to 05/01/2004
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn , Morning, Evening, Night, Varies
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/infirmary, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Canis latrans (coyote)
Will plants or animals be collected? no
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Tall colored flags, marked with initials (MQ), project finishing date (5/1), and course number (Bio110).

Description of research project: Purpose and significance: Determine the land usage of the resident coyote population to evaluate potential impacts of developing on the Harvey Mudd property.
Methods: I will canvas the field station looking for coyote scat and other signs of coyote presence, such as bedding sites, mark them with flags, and determine GPS location. I will also leave out recording devices at 6 different locations in the field station and record overnight coyote calls to triangulate and determine coyote location. Coyote land use will be compared in and out of the Mudd property and within the different habitat types at the field station.

Request No.: 09807D56F9
Submitted on: 2/17/09 at 8:12 AM
User: Nancy Hamlett, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: Nancy.Hamlett@Pomona.edu
College phone: x73811
Instructor/Advisor: Nancy Hamlett, x73811, nvh04747@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 02/17/2009 to 02/17/2009
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning
Areas to be used: classroom/infirmary
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 research project: test

Request No.: 09800B4C27
Submitted on: 2/16/09 at 2:54 PM
User: Gabriela Jade Novas McGill, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: mcgill.jade@gmail.com
College phone: 562-673-5623
Instructor/Advisor: Professor Fran Hanzawa, 909-621-8601, fhanzawa@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 02/16/2009 to 05/01/2009
Frequency: Other - less than once a week. about 2 times a month
Time of day: Morning , Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Brassica nigra (black mustard)
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - I will use large flags marked with my name and the end date of my thesis (5/09). All flags will be removed upon termination of the project.

Description of research project: For my senior thesis, I'm determining if the exotic black mustard, Brassica nigra, has an effect on arthropod communities by comparing these communities in areas with and without black mustard present. Arthropods will be collected mainly with pitfall traps twice this semester so they can be examined in the lab. I plan to use approximately 60 pitfall traps (7 cm diameter plastic jars) during each sampling period. Traps will be marked with stake flags, which will be removed when traps are collected. I will also collect arthropods directly from vegetation using an aspirator. I will be examining species composition, diversity and abundance in areas with and without black mustard to determine if its presence disrupts native invertebrate communities.

Request No.: 0972498FF6
Submitted on: 1/25/09 at 8:38 AM
User: Michael Erlinger, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: mike@cs.hmc.edu
College phone: 18912

Number in research group: 2
Dates: 01/01/2009 to 09/01/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning , Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: oak forest, corner, classroom/infirmary, north field
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom,
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 research project: we will be testing a set of web cams to be placed around any area where we can get power. currently we are using the bird feeder area and the classroom area.

Request No.: 096CC4789F
Submitted on: 1/16/09 at 10:16 AM
User: Catherine McFadden, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College phone: 607-4107

Number in research group: 2
Dates: 01/01/2009 to 12/31/2009
Frequency: Other - monthly
Time of day: Dawn , Morning
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, 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 research project: Monthly bird census.

Request No.: 0854F62F76
Submitted on: 12/8/08 at 9:44 PM
User: Juliet Shih, Undergraduate student, Scripps
E-mail: shih.juliet@gmail.com
College phone: 805-415-5447
Instructor/Advisor: Diane Thomson, 909-607-0029, dthomson@jsd.claremont.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 12/10/2008 to 05/14/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning , Afternoon
Areas to be used: central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Phacelia distans, Bromus spp.
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? no

Description of research project: I will be investigating the effect of invasive grasses on pollinator visitation frequency to the native annual Phacelia distans. Invasive grass cover will be manipulated into two treatments: high (control) and low (clipped to ground) grass cover. This will be done in the northern section of the BFS, where invasive grasses are abundant. Sixteen, one-meter-squared plots will be created. (Eight high grass cover plots and eight low grass cover plots.) Different densities of potted P. distans will be placed in each of these plots. There will be two categories for P. distans density: high and low density. Each invasive grass plot will have either high density P. distans or low density P. distans. Potted P. distans will be prepared by collecting recently germinated P. distans at the BFS and growing them in the laboratory. We will collect 80 seedlings from areas of very high density, taking no more than five from any one location. Observation of pollinator activity and visiting frequency will be conducted on days with little wind and temperatures above 60oF. On each day of data collection, 30 minute observations will be made in the morning and subsequent afternoon. Seed set of P. distans will be counted and weighed.

Request No.: 0854F3395F
Submitted on: 12/8/08 at 9:17 PM
User: Nancy Hamlett, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: Nancy.Hamlett@Pomona.edu
College phone: x73811
Instructor/Advisor: Prof. Hamlett, x73811, nvh04747@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 12/08/2008 to 11/08/2008
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Night
Areas to be used: classroom/infirmary
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 research project: Form processing test

Request No.: 0854F13C4E
Submitted on: 12/8/08 at 8:59 PM
User: Nancy Hamlett, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: Nancy.Hamlett@Pomona.edu
College phone: x73811

Description of research project: Form processing test

Request No.: 0854D8366A
Submitted on: 12/8/08 at 5:11 PM
User: Juliet Shih, Undergraduate student, Scripps
E-mail: shih.juliet@gmail.com
College phone: 805-415-5447
Instructor/Advisor: Diane Thomson, (909) 607-0029 , dthomson@jsd.claremont.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 12/10/2008 to 05/14/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn , Afternoon
Areas to be used: lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Phacelia distans, Bromus spp.
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? no

Description of research project: I will be investigating the effect of invasive grasses on pollinator visitation frequency to the native annual Phacelia distans. Invasive grass cover will be manipulated into tow treatments: high (control) and low (clipped to ground) grass cover. This will be done in the northern section of the BFS, where invasive grasses are abundant. Sixteen, one-meter-squared plots will be grated. (Eight high grass cover plots and eight low grass cover plots.) Different densities of potted P. distans will be placed in each of these plots. There will be two categories for P. distans density: high and low density. Each invasive grass plot will have either high density P. distans or low density P. distans. Potted P. distans will be prepared by collecting recently germinated P. distans at the BFS and growing them in the laboratory. We will collect 80 seedlings from areas of very high density, taking no more than five from any one location. Observation of pollinator activity and visiting frequency will be conducted on days with little wind and temperatures above 60oF. On each day of data collection, 30 minute observations will be made in the morning and subsequent afternoon. Seed set of P. distans will be counted and weighed.

Request No.: 08412FC649
Submitted on: 11/6/08 at 9:45 PM
User: Emily Schultz, Undergraduate student, Scripps
E-mail: eschultz@scrippscollege.edu
College phone: (509)552-1360
Instructor/Advisor: Diane Thomson, (909)607-0029, dthomson@jsd.claremont.edu

Number in research group: 5
Dates: 11/11/2008 to 05/01/2009
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Varies - The times will vary depending on when the other researchers and I can work, but all work will be conducted during the day.
Areas to be used: eastern CSS, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - All beetle species (Coleoptera)
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Flags will be used to mark pitfall traps

Description of research project: The size-grain hypothesis states that the landscape is more rugose for small organisms than for large organisms, and as a result it is beneficial for small organisms to have shorter limbs in proportion to their body size. This hypothesis has been studied in ants, but in few other taxa. This study aims to investigate the size-grain hypothesis in beetles. Beetles will be trapped using pitfall traps, and their wing length and body size will be measured. Pitfall traps will be set up along transects in the sage scrub running north from the path between the main road and pHake Lake. Additional traps will be placed near Dr. Diane Thomson’s plots to the east and the west of the entrance, using holes dug for collecting seed samples. In total, approximately 30 traps will be set up: 15 along transects in the sage scrub and 15 near Dr. Thomson’s plots. The trap will be approximately 4 inches in diameter. In this preliminary sampling, the traps will remain uncovered for about 5 days.

Request No.: 0840941DE3
Submitted on: 11/5/08 at 10:08 PM
User: Diane Thomson, Faculty member, JSD
E-mail: dthomson@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 909-607-0029

Number in research group: 4
Dates: 11/12/2008 to 06/30/2009
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Varies - Students will come out to census plants as they have time in their schedules.
Areas to be used: eastern CSS, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Annual plants germinating in the grassland, including Bromus spp., Avena fatua, Phacelia spp., Amsinckia spp., and any other annuals germinating in this habitat.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Small orange flags will placed nearby some existing plots that are already flagged to denote sampling stations. These will be removed in spring once samling is completed.

Description of research project: Over the past 3 years, students in my lab have been studying native annual plants and their interactions with invasive annual grasses in the east and south fields. We currently have 14 existing blocks (marked with red flags) where data on native plant germination, survivorship and abundance have been collected. We are expanding our work to explore the role of seed banks in explaining this relationship, and want to sample soil cores nearby our plots. I will email an attachment explaining the protocol in more detail.

Request No.: 0838F0E572
Submitted on: 10/24/08 at 2:01 PM
User: Dacey, Undergraduate student, Scripps
E-mail: dstorzba@scrippscollege.edu
College phone: 503 997-7852
Instructor/Advisor: Nancy Hamlett, 909-607-3811, nancy.hamlett@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 10/24/2008 to 10/24/2008
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: eastern CSS, 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? no

Description of research project: I will be collecting soil samples to investigate for the presence of antibiotic metabolizing bacteria (having found already that actinomycetes that produce antibiotics exist in BFS soil) by culturing bacteria from soil samples on media that use antibiotics as the sole carbon source.. I will be using a sterile sample container and collecting tube to collect the soil sample, which should not exceed 50 grams. The ultimate purpose of this experiment is to investigate the presence of antibiotic metabolizing bacteria in a variety of sampling situation.

Request No.: 0838F00509
Submitted on: 10/24/08 at 1:53 PM
User: James Anderson-Furgeson, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: jca02005@mymail.pomona.edu
College phone: 512 289 8984
Instructor/Advisor: Nancy Hamlett, 909-607-3811, nancy.hamlett@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 10/24/2008 to 10/24/2008
Frequency: Once - Once today
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Artemisia californica
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of research project: I will attempt to enrich and isolate a bacterial physiotype that can use 1,8-cineole, an allelopathic chemical produced by the plant Artemisia californica, as a sole carbon source. I will collect a soil sample from around the plant. I will add a portion of this soil sample to a growth medium containing 1,8-cineole as the carbon source, and dilute this medium into sterile medium as soon as growth is observed in order to enrich the physiotype I hope to isolate. I will then isolate single colonies of this physiotype on agar plates with 1,8-cineole as the carbon source. The only portion of my project requiring a visit to the BFS is the soil sample collection.

Request No.: 0838EFF9D6
Submitted on: 10/24/08 at 1:53 PM
User: Alison Lee, Undergraduate student, HMC
E-mail: arlee@hmc.edu
College phone: 541-337-7089
Instructor/Advisor: Nancy Hamlett, 909-607-3811, nancy.hamlett@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 10/24/2008 to 10/24/2008
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Boats,
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 research project: Enrichment for an unkown oval bacterium located at 18 foot depth in pHake lake, in order to study it and possibly identify it.

Request No.:
Submitted on: 10/24/08 at 1:46 PM
User: Alison Lee, Undergraduate student, HMC
E-mail: arlee@hmc.edu
College phone: 541-337-7089
Instructor/Advisor: Nancy Hamlett, 909-607-3811, nancy.hamlett@pomona.edu

Description of research project: Enrichment for an unkown oval bacterium located at 18 foot depth in pHake lake, in order to study it and possibly identify it.

Request No.: 0838EF0FD2
Submitted on: 10/24/08 at 1:45 PM
User: Alison Lee, Undergraduate student, HMC
E-mail: arlee@hmc.edu
College phone: 541-337-7089
Instructor/Advisor: Nancy Hamlett, 909-607-3811, nancy.hamlett@pomona.edu

Description of research project: Enrichment for an unkown oval bacterium located at 18 foot depth in pHake lake, in order to study it and possibly identify it.

Request No.: 083852CFF4
Submitted on: 10/23/08 at 2:02 PM
User: Alexis Dubin, Undergraduate student, Scripps
E-mail: alexis.dubin@gmail.com
College phone: (949) 633-6304
Instructor/Advisor: Dr. Nancy Hamlett, 909-607-3811, nancy.hamlett@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 10/23/2008 to 12/10/2008
Frequency: Other - Depends on how many times I need to take samples
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Boats,
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 research project: I will be collected a small amount of lake water from the bottom of pHake Lake, in order to isolate gree sulfur bacteria.

Request No.: 0835BE55A7
Submitted on: 10/19/08 at 9:51 AM
User: Kathleen Hall, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: kfh02005@mymail.pomona.edu
College phone: (206) 245-9697
Instructor/Advisor: Gene Fowler, (909) 621-8970, gene_fowler@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 10/17/2008 to 05/01/2009
Frequency: Other - several times each semester, as needed to collect fish for my project
Time of day: Varies - whenever I find is most successful to trap mosquitofish, likely the morning and/or evening
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Boats,
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Gambusia affinis (mosquitofish)
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? yes
Will markings or flags be used? no

Description of research project: In society today, an ever increasing number of people are taking some type of prescription medication, and in recent years, some of these drugs have become detectable in the environment. There is growing concern about the effects these chemicals will have on wildlife and what, if anything, we should do to prevent the recycling of chemicals into the water system. Many of the drugs humans excrete into the water system are endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) which alter estrogen and androgen levels. Birth control is a widely used form of prescription medication and contains ethynylestradiol (EE2), a potent xenoestrogen that is extremely resistant to degradation.

I am interested in the changes that may take place in animals’ behavior when they are exposed to a common synthetic chemical (EE2) in combination with the naturally occuring estrogen, estradiol (E2). For my thesis this year, I would like to study the synergistic effects of EE2 and E2 on the behavior of male mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), which I will collect from pHake Lake. Although there have been a number of studies using mosquitofish to test the effects of EDCs, there are relatively few that mention additive effects that may occur when multiple EDCs are present, as is likely to be the case in the environment. If there is a synergistic effect between the two estrogens, society will have to be especially careful when determining the concentrations of each that are allowed to be recycled into the water system, and will need to be aware of compounding properties between other related chemicals in the future.

Request No.: 08349267F4
Submitted on: 10/17/08 at 12:21 PM
User: Elise Novak, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: emn02005@mymail.pomona.edu
College phone: 303.827.8688
Instructor/Advisor: Richard Hazlett, 18676, rwh04747@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 09/05/2008 to 12/12/2008
Frequency: Weekly - at most (probably less)
Time of day: Morning , Afternoon
Areas to be used: corner, classroom/infirmary, north 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? no

Description of research project: For my Environmental Analysis senior thesis project, I will be designing an (hypothetical) environmental design graduate school located within the infirmary area of the BFS. I will be conducting a site analysis, which will include an examination of existing conditions, the environmental potential of the site in regards to renewable energy technologies, water drainage, etc. Based on my findings, I will compile a list of design guidelines that I would recommend for the project, and provide design examples that I consider compatible with the site. This will be an exercise in designing an institution to have as little impact as possible on its surroundings.

Request No.: 083EC7B8A1
Submitted on: 10/2/08 at 9:15 AM
User: Elizabeth Cerny-Chipman, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: ebc02005@mymail.pomona.edu
College phone: 505-670-7945
Instructor/Advisor: Jonathan Wright, 18603, jonathan.wright@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 10/03/2008 to 05/10/2009
Frequency: Other - Probably once or twice a month
Time of day: Morning , Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Boats,
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - I will be studying the invertebrate zooplanton species at pHake Lake (I don't know which yet because the species names are not available on the BFS website). I will be studying copepods (Cyclops) and Daphnia magna.
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? no

Description of research project: For my senior thesis, I am planning on collecting copepods, daphnia, and other zooplankton species to analyze for content of mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), which act as UV absorbers. I expect to find MAAs in pHake Lake invertebrates because the compounds tend to be ubiquitious in aquatic systems. I am planning on investigating seasonal variation in concentration of MAAs, with lower concentrations in the winter months when there is less UV irradiance. I also would like to do a analysis of MAA content by depth at pHake Lake because we would expect to see lower MAA concentrations at greater depths where less light can penetrate. I will be doing data analysis using a spectrophotometer and also HPLC, so I will learn the concentration and types of MAAs present. I will be collecting samples probably once or twice a month for lab analysis, but I will also likely need to take some additional measurements of water quality, temperature, etc, at pHake Lake. This project is significant because UV radiation is a clear threat to aquatic animals, and these MAAs are an effective way to mitigate the risk. The amount of UV radiation reaching earth's surface will likely be changing as our climate changes, and it will imperative that we know how animals will react and what defenses they have.

Request No.: 083E7CD9F8
Submitted on: 10/1/08 at 9:54 PM
User: Sabrina McNew, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: smm02005@mymail.pomona.edu
College phone: 505-238-7260
Instructor/Advisor: Rachel Levin, 621-8632, rachel.levin@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 2
Dates: 10/10/2008 to 05/10/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn , Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Aphelocoma californica Western Scrub-Jay
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? Yes
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of research project: I am studying learning in Scrub-Jays as my senior biology thesis at Pomona. I will be testing their ability to learn to avoid a novel aposematic (warning-colored) food item and their ability to learn by watching the experience of other individuals. My project will involve mist-netting and color banding birds to identify them, and then feeding them different colored and flavored seeds to test learning ability. Western Scrub Jays are notoriously intelligent birds, but so far not much research has been done specifically testing learning ability.

Request No.: 0836D7F41B
Submitted on: 9/19/08 at 1:02 PM
User: Andreas Schmid, Undergraduate student, CMC
E-mail: aschmid09@cmc.edu
College phone: 9098435427
Instructor/Advisor: Guthrie, D, 909-607-2836, dguthrie@jsd.claremont.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 09/22/2008 to 12/01/2004
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn , Morning, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, 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? Yes - Tracking/Scent Stations

Description of research project: The purpose of this project is to survey the mammalian predators of the BFS, as well as test a method of identification and differentiation of individuals of a species.

Request No.: 082E793092
Submitted on: 7/24/08 at 3:30 PM
User: Kathryn Cerny-Chipman, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: krc02005@mymail.pomona.edu
College phone: 505-930-3390
Instructor/Advisor: Hanzawa, 6218601, fhanzawa@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 08/25/2008 to 01/01/2009
Frequency: Other - A few times over the course of the semester
Time of day: Dawn , Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Artemisia californica (California sagebrush), Cryptantha intermedia (Popcorn flower), Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia (Rancher's fireweed), Brassica nigra (Black mustard), Bromus diandrus (Ripgut grass)
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? no

Description of research project: I am doing my senior thesis for the Environmental Analysis major studying methods of restoration for coastal sage scrub. I will be focusing on the effects of sagebrush allelopathic chemicals on germination and growth of several native and non-native species to find a method of habitat restoration using chemicals already found within the environment. I will be collecting seeds from the listed species for my greenhouse experiments. I will also be taking a limited amount of live material from sagebrush to be used in my experiments. Most of this material will come from the East field immediately North of Foothill, though some sagebrush collection may be done in the South field or within the Central CSS. All work with plants and allelopathic chemicals will be done in Pomona's greenhouse. The field station will only be used for seed and plant matter collection.

Request No.: 082E5B2BE5
Submitted on: 7/24/08 at 10:56 AM
User: Akana Noto, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: aen02005@mymail.pomona.edu
College phone: (773)412-9409
Instructor/Advisor: Fran Hanzawa, (909)621-8601, fhanzawa@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 2
Dates: 07/25/2008 to 04/30/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn , Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, south field, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Centaurea melitensis, star-thistle
Artemisia californica, sagebrush
Eriogonum fasciculatum, California buckwheat
Eriodictyon trichocalyx, yerba santa
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Stake flags marked with my name. They will be removed at the end of the project, along with those flags that were put up during summer 2008.

Description of research project: I will be studying the invasibility of coastal sage scrub by examining factors that may limit the spread of star-thistle, Centaurea melitensis. In order to do this, I will test allelopathic effects of Artemisia californica, Eriogonum fasciculata and Eriodictyon trichocalyx and the effects of shading on star-thistle germination and growth. In addition, I will determine the effect of differential seed predation on invasibility. To study the inhibitory effects of shade and allelopathy, I plan on putting seeds collected during the summer into the field in mesh bags so that the seeds and plants will be easily recovered. I also plan on putting seeds in dishes into the field in order to if there is more seed predation in intact areas or in disturbed, open areas. In either case, the seeds will be contained. I will also need to collect some Artemisia in order to conduct an allelopathy experiment in the lab. All star-thistle seeds and plants from this experiment will be recollected at the end of the project.

Request No.: 082C814AE3
Submitted on: 7/21/08 at 11:03 AM
User: Frances Hanzawa, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
College phone: 621-8601

Number in research group: 2
Dates: 07/23/2008 to 12/31/2009
Frequency: Other - irregular; will vary seasonally
Time of day: Dawn , Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Constituents of the soil seed bank
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Stake flags will be used to mark quadrats where soil samples are taken.

Description of research project: Part of a long-term study of the soil seed bank in coastal sage scrub and disturbed areas at BFS. The extent and speed of recovery of a plant population from a human or natural disturbance can depend in part on the extent of that population’s seed bank and on the extent of seed dispersal into the disturbed area. Therefore, study of the seed bank is essential for making predictions about the recovery of plant populations following disturbance. In addition, suppression of natural disturbance (e.g., fire) can affect seed bank and above ground diversity. Previous work examined emergence (in growth chambers) under control and simulated fire conditions from soil samples from three areas at BFS. Seedlings were counted and identified to species. In order to extend previous work to other areas, in July-Aug, small (7 cm) soil samples will be collected in 50 quadrats. In addition, a set of 1.25 m2 blocks in the most disturbed areas of BFS will be solarized for 8 weeks to assess effects on non-native grasses.

Request No.: 081502723A
Submitted on: 6/13/08 at 10:34 AM
User: Kathryn Cerny-Chipman, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: krc02005@mymail.pomona.edu
College phone: 505-930-3390
Instructor/Advisor: Prof. Hanzawa, 6218601, fhanzawa@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 06/15/2008 to 07/31/2008
Frequency: Other - Only when I need to collect soil samples, so probably only a couple of times
Time of day: Dawn , Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: eastern CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: None
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? Yes - I will be using temporary flags to mark areas for soil sampling. I will remove the flags after soil sampling.

Description of research project: I am doing an experiment on the germination of non-native species from the soil seed bank under various management strategies and conditions. I will be collecting soil samples along a transect using a two-inch soil sampler. The transect line is on the field directly west of the main road, close to the fence that borders Foothill. Soil samples will be used in Pomona's greenhouse.

Request No.: 0812827CB3
Submitted on: 6/9/08 at 9:29 AM
User: Akana Noto, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: aen02005@mymail.pomona.edu
College phone: 773-412-9409
Instructor/Advisor: Fran Hanzawa, 909-621-8601, fhanzawa@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 2
Dates: 06/10/2008 to 07/28/2008
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Dawn , Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, corner, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Centaurea melitensis (star thistle)
Artemisia californica (sage brush)
Salvia apiana (white sage)
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Stake flags marked with my name. They will be removed when the project is completed.

Description of research project: For my research project, I will be studying the star thistle, Centaurea melitensis, at the field station in order to determine whether allelochemical effects prevent it from growing in more intact coastal sage scrub areas. I will be collecting seeds from the plants and bringing them back to the greenhouse to plant. I will also need to collect some foliage from sage scrub, Artemisia californica, in order to make an extract of the leaves to put on my star thistles. In addition, I will do a survey of the presence of star thistle in different areas in the field station in order to confirm that it does grow more often in disturbed than intact areas. This project will provide a more concrete explanation of what could prevent star thistle from growing even more widely spread than it already does.

Request No.: 0878D1F1A
Submitted on: 5/22/08 at 3:54 PM
User: Diane Thomson, Faculty member, JSD
E-mail: dthomson@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 909-607-0029

Number in research group: 1-3
Dates: 01/01/2005 to 07/01/2009
Frequency: Other - once to twice a month in spring
Time of day: Varies - Data collection times will depend on rest of schedule.
Areas to be used: eastern CSS, north field, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Annual wildflowers in the genera: Amsinckia, Phacelia and Camissonia. Also annual invasive grasses, primarily Bromus diandrus.
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - I mark all experimental blocks with 4 colored flags, one at each corner, as well as an aluminum id tag at the base of each flag.

Description of research project: California grasslands once supported a diverse native community of perennial and annual grasses and wildflowers, but are now dominated by a small number of introduced annual grasses. This change has long been assumed to result from the greater competitive ability of introduced grasses, which is thought to allow the invasive species to exclude native ones. However, recently this assumption has been called into question by several studies that suggest seed limitation and a lack of dispersal are more important factors than competition in limiting abundance of native grassland plants. We are using a factorial experiment that manipulates both the density of introduced grass competitors and the abundance of native seed to test this idea in the disturbed grassland at BFS. We are working with three annual species that already occur in some parts of the grassland at BFS, but at relatively low abundance compared to invasive grasses (Amcinckia, Phacelia and Camissonia). In 12 blocks of 4 plots each per year, we apply the following treatments: 1) control, 2) invasive grasses removed through weeding, 3) native seeds collected in prior spring from BFS added into plot, and 4) both removal of invasive competitors and seed addition. We then census plots for the numbers of native seedlings, their survivorship to flowering, and the final cover of native and invasive species in each plot. Plots are followed for several years after seed addition to test for the effects of seeds that remain dormant initially but may germinate in subsequent years. This work will help us better understand what factors maintain high densities of invasive species in disturbed habitats.

Request No.: 085B2C2E2
Submitted on: 5/19/08 at 3:57 PM
User: Gregory A. Lyzenga, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: lyzenga@hmc.edu
College phone: (909) 621-8378, Other phone: (626) 808-5314

Number in research group: 2
Dates: 05/27/2008 to 08/29/2008
Frequency: Other - Irregular intervals for instrument maintenance
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: classroom/infirmary
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, Use of wireless connection to campus network.
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 research project: After consultation with Stephen Dreher and Mike Erlinger, a site in a corner of the outdoor classroom was identified for installation of a sensitive broadband seismometer. The plan is to install it with a data connection to campus via the wireless Internet. Once installed and debugged, it should require only occasional visits for adjustment or maintenance. The installation will require the addition of an antenna to the classroom roof and a new electrical outlet. Besides these changes, there should be no impact on the current classroom configuration or operations.

The purpose of this project is to make optimal use of our sensitive seismometer by removing it from sources of constant and pervasive cultural noise in its current Parsons building location. This will facilitate the use of the instrument by students and faculty for geophysical research.

Request No.: 083E03B06
Submitted on: 5/16/08 at 5:10 PM
User: Michael A. Erlinger, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: mike@cs.hmc.edu
College phone: 18912, Other phone: 18225

Number in research group: 5
Dates: 05/19/2008 to 06/01/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: eastern CSS, oak forest, classroom/infirmary, north field, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom,
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Lizards
Will plants or animals be collected? no
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? no

Description of research project:
We are going to get BFSNet in a state of completion with WebCams, sensor networks, etc. We will move a lizard pen from the south of the road to north of the road so
that we can get to power for a webcam.

Request No.: 0810911D92
Submitted on: 5/5/08 at 3:56 PM
User: Grace C. Wu, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: grace.wu@pomona.edu
College phone: x76987
Instructor/Advisor: Jonathan Wright, (909) 621-8603, jcw04747@pomona.edu

Number in research group: 2
Dates: 09/01/2007 to 07/01/2008
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Varies - Dates and times are unpredictable - will depend on weather and specimen availability/need
Areas to be used: central CSS, oak forest, south field, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Mite, Parateneriffia sp.
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? no

Description of research project: Study is examining the water balance physiology, thermal tolerance and locomotory biomechanics of a small predatory mite, examining these factors across all instars. We have shown these mites to have exceptional physiology in all three aspects, so the work is of particular interest. This species can be abundant when found, but its occurrence is erratic and different instars vary in microhabitat, from open ground to leaf litter.

Request No.: 07DA7762A7
Submitted on: 12/31/07 at 9:36 AM
User: Catherine McFadden, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College phone: 74107

Number in research group: 2
Dates: 01/01/2008 to 12/30/2008
Frequency: Other - monthly
Time of day: Dawn, Morning
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 - birds
Will plants or animals be collected? no
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? no

Description of research project: Monthly bird census for the purpose of maintaining BFS bird checklist and records.

Request No.: 07CD2E3F36
Submitted on: 11/8/07 at 2:13 PM
User: Emily Schultz and Kate Fehlhaber, Undergraduate student, Scripps
E-mail: eschultz@scrippscollege.edu
College phone: (415)595-2358, Other phone: (509)552-1360

Instructor/Advisor: Dr. Susan Schenk, x 74018, sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu

Number in research group: 10
Dates: 11/08/2007 to 05/31/2009
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Varies - When volunteers have a few hours, always 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? Yes - We will be identifying the tree species at the station.
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - We will be attaching aluminum tags to each tree.

Description of research project: The purpose of this project is to use GPS (Global Positioning System) and GIS (Geographic Information System) to map the vegetation at the Bernard Field Station. We will begin with the trees, taking information on height, diameter at breast height, canopy spread, location, and species. We will then input this information into ArcMap, so that it will be available to future students and faculty doing research at the Bernard Field Station.

Request No.: 07AB756DBC
Submitted on: 6/25/07 at 1:50 PM
User: Steve Adolph, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: adolph@hmc.edu
College phone: 607-1872

Number in research group: 5
Dates: 07/01/2007 to 12/31/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Plestiodon (formerly Eumeces) skiltonianus -- western skink
Will plants or animals be collected? no
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - We will use either colored surveyors' tape or typical field flags to mark the locations of cover boards.

Description of research project: Habitat enhancement for western skinks.

We propose to provide cover boards to enhance the habitat for western skinks at BFS, and to facilitate future surveys of skink abundance. Western skinks are one of the least frequently seen reptile species living at BFS, in part because of their cryptic behavior. We propose to provide up to 30 cover boards in CSS habitat in the CSS habitat between pHake Lake and Foothill Blvd. Cover boards are either solid wood or plywood, from 0.25 to 1.0 inches thick, and typically 1-2 feet wide and 2-3 feet long. They are placed flush with the ground, and often have a 1-inch spacer board attached to the underside to ensure space between the ground and the board. Boards will be placed in habitats where I have observed skinks in the past, and will occasionally be turned over to search for skinks. Skinks are most active during the spring months (J.Q. Richmond, Cornell University, personal communication), so we will concentrate our search efforts in the spring.

Cover boards are commonly used to enhance habitat and facilitate field study of a variety of reptiles and amphibians, because they provide excellent refuges that are easy to inspect without being damaged. Skinks are frequently found beneath objects on the ground, and we expect skinks to readily make use of these cover boards.

In this phase of the project we do not plan to capture skinks. If future studies involve capturing skinks we will obtain collecting permits and animal care committee approval.

Cover boards are likely to be used by other vertebrate and invertebrate animal species, which we view as a benefit.

Request No.: 0626DFB6B0
Submitted on: 4/5/06 at 12:51 PM
User: Susan Schenk, Staff member, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 01/01/2006 to 12/01/2009
Frequency: Other - varies with type of data collection
Time of day: Varies - may be any time depending on current study
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, south field, lower neck, central neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Ribes aureum, Golden Currant
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Parts of plants will be tagged with flagging tape. All plants will have an aluminum identification tag placed inconspicuously

Description of research project: This is a long-term study on different aspects of the biology of Ribes aureum (Golden Currant). Data will be collected on distribution, morphology, pollination biology, fruit production, asexual reproduction, and interactions with other plants and with animals. The importance of Ribes aureum to the functioning of the coastal sage scrub ecosystem will be investigated.

Request No.: 0626DD886C
Submitted on: 4/5/06 at 12:31 PM
User: Susan Schenk, Staff member, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Number in research group: 2
Dates: 04/01/2006 to 12/01/2009
Frequency: Other - Monthly
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 - insects
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - flagging tape to mark sites

Description of research project: This is the beginning of a long-term project designed to begin identifying the insect fauna present at the field station, and to investigate how taxa and numbers vary from site to site, over the year, and between years. Initially, four square sites in coastal sage scrub, 5m on a side, will be identified with flagging tape and located with GPS. Data will be collected the first weekend of each month using pitfall traps, sweep nets, and inspection of the foliage. The insects will be identified as far as possible and preserved to provide a reference collection. Pictures of the insects will be posted on the web. This project may be expanded if more students become interested in it.

Request No.: 0626DCE0E7
Submitted on: 4/5/06 at 12:25 PM
User: Marguerite Kissel, Undergraduate student, Scripps
E-mail: mkissel@scrippscol.edu
College phone: 805 441 3070
Instructor/Advisor: Susan Schenk, 74018, sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu

Number in research group: 1
Dates: 04/01/2006 to 03/01/2009
Frequency: Other - Monthly data collection is planned
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 - insects
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - The limits of the data collection sites will be marked with tape.

Description of research project: This is the beginning of a long-term project designed to begin identifying the insect fauna present in coastal sage scrub at the field station, and to investigate how taxa and numbers vary from site to site, over the year, and between years. Four square sites, 5 m on a side, will be identified with flagging tape and located with GPS. Data will be collected the first weekend of each month using pitfall traps, sweep nets, and inspection of the foliage. The insects will be identified as far as possible and preserved to provide a reference collection. Pictures of the insects will be posted on the web.

Request No.: 0625A167B2
Submitted on: 4/3/06 at 12:34 PM
User: John A. Gamon, Faculty member, - California State University, Los Angeles
E-mail: jgamon@calstatela.edu
College phone: 323-343-2066, Other phone: 626-862-8200

Number in research group: 6
Dates: 04/10/2006 to 09/30/2009
Frequency: Several-days/week - Frequency varies with need
Time of day: Varies - varies with project phase
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, Line power, if available; otherwise we can set up solar panels
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Entire ecosystem
Will plants or animals be collected? no
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - The project entails installation of an eddy covariance tower (for surface-atmosphere CO2 and water vapor flux measurements) and a 100-m tram (track on raised rail) for remote sensing measurements with a robotic cart (like the Mars Rover, but on a track here on Earth).

Description of research project: The purpose of the project is to develop and validate optical and thermal sampling methods for estimating surface-atmosphere fluxes of biologically and radiatively active gases (CO₂ and water vapor, in this case) - the “breathing of the planet.” To do this, we would install an eddy covariance tower (large tripod with meteorological instruments to measure surface-atmosphere gas fluxes) and a tram system (robotic cart on a 100-m track) to measure ecosystem optical and thermal properties. The project is part of SpecNet (http://specnet.info/) and FLUXNET (http://www-eosdis.ornl.gov/FLUXNET/) networks, and is funded by National Science Foundation (Ecosystems and CREST) grants to John Gamon. Our initial goal would be to setup and test the instruments at this site for possible deployment elsewhere. Depending upon the quality of the site and measurements, we may choose to ask for indefinite access (a more-or-less permanent site).

Request No.: 05B826C0CB
Submitted on: 5/19/05 at 7:10 PM
User: Daniel Martinez, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: dmartinez@pomona.edu
College phone: 9096077926

Number in research group: 4
Dates: 05/01/2005 to 12/31/2009
Frequency: Other - Sporadically
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? yes - Hydra spp.
Will plants or animals be collected? yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? no
Will markings or flags be used? no

Description of research project: Two hydra species inhabit pHake lake: the brown hydra Hydra oligactis and the green hydra Hydra viridissima. Both species have been included in a molecular phylogeny currently being built in the Martinez Lab at Pomona College. Hydra from pHake lake are collected sporadically for training purposes.

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

Number in research group: 4
Dates: 02/14/2005 to ongoing
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

Project description: 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.

Other Requests:

Request No.: 083F996A75
Submitted on: 11/4/08 at 8:06 AM
User: Alan W. Stacy, Faculty member, CGU
E-mail: alan.stacy@cgu.edu
College phone: 626-234-7968

Number in group: 5
Dates: 11/19/2008 to 11/19/2008
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/infirmary, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: other, We would simply like a map so we can drive or walk by different areas of the station in a quick tour with an ecologist.
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: The School of Community and Global Health at CGU is exploring ecological issues with an ecologist colleague, in consideration of a possible building on the KGI land adjacent to the station. The dean and several colleagues wish to accompany the ecologist in a brief tour of the different areas of the station. We will of course follow any restrictions and rules. The ecologist will give us an initial idea of the ecological issues we must consider in exploring the possibility of the building on adjacent KGI land. There are no firm plans for the building and alternative sites are being explored as well.

The ecologist, John Perumal from La Sierra University, is a colleague of the school, has done local ecological research, is very protective of biologically sensitive sites, and has volunteered to educate the school about issues we must consider in this exploration.

We do not know which areas we can drive or walk by. Thus, we did not check any specific locations on your map. It would be useful if we can be permitted to tour as many areas as possible. Thanks, Alan Stacy, professor, SCGH.

Request No.: 0838F223BD
Submitted on: 10/24/08 at 2:13 PM
User: Zakary Hoyt, Undergraduate student, Pitzer
E-mail: zhoyt@students.pitzer.edu
College phone: 503-706-9935

Number in group: 2
Dates: 10/28/2008 to 10/28/2008
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, 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: Studying plant natural history, observing birds and other wildlife.

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