Photo Album: Research Interns
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Fig. 1. Alissa Zimman (Cornell College) and Rob Rossmanith (Southern Illinois Univ.) collecting soil samples to examine the influence of sod harvesting on soil properties, fall 2002. Digital photo by Patrick Bohlen.

Fig. 2. Laura Calabrese (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) standing in one of her prairie plots in the South Marsh, April 2003. Digital photo by Patrick Bohlen.

Fig. 3. Brad Christofferson (Southern Nazarene University) prepares to take gas samples to measure denitrification in wetlands soil cores, fall 2003. Digital photo by Patrick Bohlen.

Fig. 4. Pedro Pirante (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso) weighs out soil samples in the Ranch Chemistry Lab, spring 2004. Digital photo by Patrick Bohlen.

Fig. 5.  Wolfgang Prein (Kapfenberg, Austria) sampling sediment in a drainage ditch on Buck Island Ranch, fall 2004.  Digital photo by Rachel West.

Fig. 6.  Jenna Smith (New College) preparing to sample wetland vegetation and soil as part of her research project examining the influence of Juncus effusus on soil properties in seasonal wetlands, fall 2005.  Digital photo by Patrick Bohlen.

Fig. 7.  Andrew Tweel (Colorado College) assisting with soil sampling at a bayhead swamp on a neighboring ranch in a project examining the influence of swamp conversion on soil carbon storage and turnover, spring 2006.  Digital photo by Patrick Bohlen.

Fig. 8.  Rob Morrison (Kalamazoo College) collecting wetland invertebrate samples in his project examing the influence of wetland vegetation on invertebrate communities, fall 2006.  Digital photo by Annie Weiler.