John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Effect of Natural Barriers in a Marine Reserve on Queen Conch Strombus Gigas, "Spillover" to Surrounding Fished Areas, East Harbour Lobster and Conch Reserve, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies

Robert C. Grabowski, '00, Illinois Wesleyan University
Alex Tewfik, Faculty Advisor, School for Field Studies, Caicos Islands, British West Indies

Room E103, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Brown-Headed Cowbird Brood Parasitism in Bison-Grazed and Ungrazed Tall Grass Prairie in Northeastern Kansas

Alexandra S. Latham, '00, Illinois Wesleyan University
Jack F. Cully, Faculty Advisor, Kansas State University
Sheryl Swartz Soukup, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Room E103, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Chemical Techniques for the Isolation of Elemental Carbon from Sediments

Susanna Widicus, '00, Illinois Wesleyan University
Wendy S. Wolbach, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University
Rebecca Roesner, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University
Benjamin Nelson, Faculty Advisor, DePaul University

Room E103, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

A Survey of Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in a Costa Rican Conservation Area

Mark Wieland, '00, Illinois Wesleyan University
R. Given Harper, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University
Jeffrey A. Frick, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Room E103, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM