Bioblitz

Bioblitz is a biological catalog that aims to educate students about ecology in the city by locating and identifying various organisms. The Bioblitz was held at Brooklyn bridge park, where we were split into groups to explore the different biological areas at the park. Our goal was to record every possible living thing that we found in the area we were assigned to. The area my group was assigned to was at the Salt Marsh and Wier pond by Pier 1. We were given a  couple of equipments that we would need in order to capture the organisms that we find, which were aspirators, air nets, and vials. Aspirators are tools used to collect insects by sucking them in through a tube. We would catch terrestrial insects by using an aspirator and catch aerial insects by using air nets. The animals that we captured were snails, fiddler crabs, flies, spiders, ants, blue beetles, and jumping spiders. Based on the data my group collected, there is a diverse population of species in Brooklyn bridge park. The purpose of Bioblitz is to serve as a biological census of a particular area.  

 

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