Research Assistant in the Dam Plankton Laboratory at University of Connecticut Avery Point

The Dam lab is located at the University of Connecticut’s Avery Point Campus and is headed by Dr. Hans Dam. The lab studies diverse aspects of plankton ecology and evolution, with a focus on marine copepods and dinoflagellates, and their adaptive responses to increases in temperature and acidificati...

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Main Author: Sisson, Edin Olivia
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 2023
Subjects:
Marine Science
Copepods
Phytoplankton
Climate Change
Ocean Warming
Ocean Acidification
Animal Sciences
Botany
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Evolution
Laboratory and Basic Science Research
Marine Biology
Microbiology
Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Other Microbiology
Other Plant Sciences
Plant Biology
Plant Sciences
Population Biology
Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
Avery
Ocean acidification
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/internreflect/2454
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/context/internreflect/article/3346/viewcontent/EdinSisson.pdf
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Summary:The Dam lab is located at the University of Connecticut’s Avery Point Campus and is headed by Dr. Hans Dam. The lab studies diverse aspects of plankton ecology and evolution, with a focus on marine copepods and dinoflagellates, and their adaptive responses to increases in temperature and acidification. As an undergraduate intern, I worked under the supervision of Ph.D. student Lisa Piastuch. Research with Lisa was supported by a grant focused on the continuation of past research on zooplankton adaptation in response to ocean warming and acidification (Dam et al 2021). This summer we studied the copepod A. tonsa within varying combinations of fluctuating temperature and CO2 conditions.

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