Posted in News, Research, Web Updates on May 22nd, 2018
Since our last publication update in August 2016, BFS researchers have been very active indeed. We’ve posted seventeen new peer-reviewed articles and conference papers on the BFS website! The new publications report research on a wide variety of projects, including carbon and nitrogen storage in soil, effects of drought on bird species richness, a revised […]
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Posted in News, Research on May 22nd, 2018
This year 14 seniors across the Claremont Colleges did research for their senior theses at the BFS. On April 25, the BFS held a senior thesis research symposium where seniors presented their thesis research in posters and oral presentations so all these students would have an opportunity to find out about all the other senior […]
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Posted in News, Research, Sightings on Feb 20th, 2018
Just in time for the Academy Awards, the Karnovsky Lab has just released this video of the vertebrate stars of the BFS captured by their wildlife cams: Enjoy! For more about the vertebrate monitoring program, check out the PRISSM website.
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Posted in News, Research, Web Updates on Aug 29th, 2016
If you’re curious about what went on at the BFS this past academic year, you can check out the “Robert J. Bernard Field Station 2015-16 Annual Report”, which is posted on our website. We’ve also posted research publications for the 2015-2016 academic year, including six peer-reviewed journal articles and five senior theses. Do check them […]
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Posted in News, Research on Sep 15th, 2015
How do mites and snails that cope with extreme heat and desiccation in soil at the BFS? How can underwater robots track fish in 3D? How do ant species at the BFS differ among habitats, and how do they compare to ants found in adjacent suburbia? The answers to these and many other questions can […]
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Posted in News, Research on Jul 7th, 2013
The BFS is excited to announce that two of the senior theses carried out at the BFS this year have won prizes for their outstanding work! Courtney (Liz) Miranda (Scripps ’13) received the 2013 McClintock Science Award for the best senior thesis in science at Scripps College for her thesis “Facilitative Interactions Among Native Perennial […]
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Posted in News, Research on Nov 25th, 2012
BFS student researcher Lauren Dorough, Cal State Fullerton, received a SACNAS Student Research Presentation Award at the SACNAS National Conference, held October 11–14 in Seattle, Washington, for her outstanding research poster, “Effects of Urbanization on Activity and Diversity of Southern California Bats”. Urbanization affects many bat species by causing loss of roosting sites and foraging […]
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Posted in News, Research on Nov 25th, 2012
ABC Channel 7 news recently featured BFS researchers Prof. Chis Clark (Harvey Mudd Engineering) and his students and their work tracking sharks with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs or robots). During this past summer and fall, the Clark group has been testing their AUVs in pHake Lake. If you happened by the lake at the right […]
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