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POSTER
Chronological
Patterns of Emergence of Dragonflies in Carver Pond,
Bridgewater
,
MA
.
Christopher B. Haslam and Dr. Kevin D. Curry, Department of Biological
Sciences, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA 02325. One of the most
important stages of the life of a dragonfly is the time when it changes from a
larval aquatic insect into a flying adult. This stage takes place when the
dragonfly emerges out of its skin called the exuviae. Exuviae were collected
from two sites at Carver Pond,
Bridgewater
,
Massachusetts
to determine
differences in species emergence patterns from
May 26, 2003
to
July 18, 2003
. Peak emergence
occurred during July 7-11, which also correlated with a distinct rise in water
temperature for the study period. Dominant species were Pachydiplax
longipennis and Epitheca cynosura, Leucorrhinia intacta, Leucorrhinia
frigida, Leucorrhinia proxima, Erythemis simplicicollis, and Dorocordulia
lepida also are species found emerging during the study. This work was
supported by the Adrian Tinsley Program for Undergraduate Research
Chris Haslam. Grew up outside of
Boston
in
Melrose
,
Massachusetts
. I have been studying environmetnal biology at Bridgewater
State College and had the opportunity to study emergence of dragonflies with Dr.
Curry as part of an Adrian Tinsley Program summer undergraduate research award.
My future plans are to study ecosystem ecology relating to human impact at
the graduate level.
Kevin
D. Curry. Emerged in
Queens
,
New York
but really
stretched my wings in
Rhinebeck
,
New York
. I've been
fortunate enough to study varying aspects of ecology from bats in
Iowa
and
Yucatan
, to fish in
Arizona
and
Indiana
during my
udergraduate and graduate studies. I arrived at Bridgewater State College
in 1994 after academic positions in
Maine
and
Springfield
,
MA
and have been
coordinating the Watershed Access Lab at Bridgewater State College since 1997.
I have been working with aquatic insects since my grad school days but was
sparked to study the world of Odonates by Paul Brunelle - Jr. because of his
excellent workshop at the Humboldt Field Station in
Maine
.
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