Scripps Coastal Reserve

09 Oct, 06 AM - 09 Oct, 07 AM

As part of the BILD 4 course, we plan to introduce instructional assistants to the reserve and collect soil samples for students on this visit. The BILD 4 course is offered every quarter, and the instructor, teaching assistants, and students will visit the Scripps Coastal Reserve. Under supervision of the instructor, teaching assistants will identify 2-4 native and exotic plants, by observations, along the Knoll Trail. We will collect small soil samples (approximately 100 g) from the ground surface and erect small markers to denote the locations. Soil samples are expected to contain microbial species, which will be removed from the Reserve. Sections of 32 students (one in the fall, two in the winter, and three in the spring) will be led by the instructor and teaching assistants along the Knoll Trail and observe the different plant species under which the soil samples were obtained. No manipulations of the environment or species are planned, and no species are expected to be introduced beyond general human traffic.

Visit #37721 @Scripps Coastal Reserve

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Under Project # 29869 | Class

Comparison of soil microbial communities underneath native and exotic plant species at the Scripps Coastal Reserve

faculty - University of California, San Diego

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Stanley Lo Oct 9, 2014 (1 days)
Group of 1 Undergraduate Student Oct 9, 2014 (1 days)
Group of 1 Graduate Student Oct 9, 2014 (1 days)

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