Irena Werner

Irena Werner

Staten Island, New York

Theta Phi Alpha

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Published on Oct 26, 2015

Oysters are hard workers

Oysters are ecosystem engineers. An ecosystem engineer is an ecological term for an organism which physically maintains and modifies an ecosystem through direct or indirect actions, creating a heal...

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Published on Oct 22, 2015

Species I've seen at Soundview Park...

Here are photos of some of the species I have seen while collecting my water and soil samples. This young Sea Robin was found in one of the oyster reef crates (August 2015). ...

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Published on Oct 15, 2015

After I collect the samples...

One question I have been asked about this project is, "What exactly do you do with your samples?"Well, there are two main steps the water and soil samples go through before they are ready to be sen...

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Published on Oct 14, 2015

Sampling Locations

White Star is our experiment site, the location of the restored oyster reef at Soundview Park.Pink Star is the non-restored mud bottom site upstream of the white star. The mud bottom is 20 to 50 st...

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This is really interesting! The pictures are great too!
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Yes! it is quite interesting. The water which filters into the bottom flask is crystal clear! That filter really does its job.
Yes! it is quite interesting. The water which filters into the bottom flask is crystal clear! That filter really does its job.
I enjoyed this lab note, I never thought of birds as Lyme Disease carriers. Good Luck at your new job!
If you ever look into NY Burritos, there is this great taco truck on Staten Island!