The Origins of Post-eruption Insect Populations on the Aleutian Island of Kasatochi

This project compares the dispersal and/or survival ability of insects on the recently erupted volcanic Aleutian Island of Kasatochi. The island erupted in 2008, two months after the island had been briefly surveyed for terrestrial arthropods. Having pre-eruption specimens provides biologists with a...

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Main Author: Ridling, Sayde
Other Authors: Sikes, Derek S.
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 2012
Subjects:
URSA
Research Day
Aleutian Island
Alaska
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11122/1564
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spelling ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/1564 2023-05-15T13:14:40+02:00 The Origins of Post-eruption Insect Populations on the Aleutian Island of Kasatochi Ridling, Sayde Sikes, Derek S. 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/1564 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/11122/1564 URSA Research Day Poster 2012 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:35:43Z This project compares the dispersal and/or survival ability of insects on the recently erupted volcanic Aleutian Island of Kasatochi. The island erupted in 2008, two months after the island had been briefly surveyed for terrestrial arthropods. Having pre-eruption specimens provides biologists with a unique and rare perspective of island ecosystem assembly. We have analyzed the DNA of 47 pre- and post- eruption Scathophaga sp. specimens to determine the origins of post-eruption insect populations. This genetic work is especially important for the Aleutians arthropods because they are among the most understudied in the United States. Alaska EPSCoR NSF award #EPS-0701898 and the State of Alaska. Still Image Aleutian Island Alaska University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA
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Research Day
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The Origins of Post-eruption Insect Populations on the Aleutian Island of Kasatochi
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description This project compares the dispersal and/or survival ability of insects on the recently erupted volcanic Aleutian Island of Kasatochi. The island erupted in 2008, two months after the island had been briefly surveyed for terrestrial arthropods. Having pre-eruption specimens provides biologists with a unique and rare perspective of island ecosystem assembly. We have analyzed the DNA of 47 pre- and post- eruption Scathophaga sp. specimens to determine the origins of post-eruption insect populations. This genetic work is especially important for the Aleutians arthropods because they are among the most understudied in the United States. Alaska EPSCoR NSF award #EPS-0701898 and the State of Alaska.
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title The Origins of Post-eruption Insect Populations on the Aleutian Island of Kasatochi
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