ED41A:
Bright STaRS: Bright Students Training as Research Scientists Posters

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Jennifer Saltzman, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and Pranoti M Asher, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Conveners:  Jennifer Saltzman, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  Pranoti M Asher, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Jennifer Saltzman, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

3406
 
Identifying Phytoplankton Classes In California Reservoirs Using HPLC Pigment Analysis
Subul Siddiqui1, Melissa B Peacock2, Raphael Martin Kudela2 and Kendra Negrey2, (1)UC Santa Cruz HSSI Program, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)University of California Santa Cruz, Ocean Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
3407
 
DNA Analyses of Phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean
Yue (Catherina) Xu, Maria Fernanda Gonzalez and Shellie Bench, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
3408
 
Effects of Carbon in Flooded Paddy Soils: Implications for Microbial Activity and Arsenic Mobilization
Shikha Avancha and Kristin Boye, Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, CA, United States
3409
 
Increased Precipitation over the Yucatan Peninsula Inferred from the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Late Holocene Foram Assemblages
Meera Rachmallu, UC Santa Cruz HSSI Program, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Kyle Broach, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Adina Paytan, UCSC-Inst Marine Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Joseph H Street, California Coastal Commission, San Francisco, CA, United States
3410
 
Response of Benthic Foraminiferal Size to Oxygen Concentration in Antarctic Sediment Cores
Daniel Guo, Caitlin Keating-Bitonti and Jonathan Payne, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
3411
 
The Influence of Oxygen, Temperature, and Salinity on Ostracod Body Size in the Gulf of California and the Pacific Coast of North America
Melody Weber1, Nicole Wong1, Noel Heim2 and Jonathan Payne1, (1)Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
3412
 
Body Size Preference of Marine Animals in Relation to Extinction Selectivity
Aditya Sriram1, Sidhant Idgunji1, Noel A. Heim2 and Jonathan Payne1, (1)Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
3413
 
Comparison of Genus and Species-Level Compilations of Metabolic Rate through Time
Divya Sundararajan1, Noel A. Heim1 and Jonathan Payne2, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, CA, United States
3414
 
Investigation of Glacial/Interglacial Periods Using IRD Flux Records from Site U1340A in the Bering Sea
Manu Raj Chopra1, Michelle Kim Drake1, Daniel Mendoza1 and Ana Christina Ravelo2, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
3415
 
Dispersal and Germination Patterns of Monterey Spineflower at Fort Ord Natural Reserve.
Zahira Chaudhry, UC Santa Cruz HSSI Program, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
3416
 
Plant Phenology and Climate Change in the Santa Cruz County
Simran Choudhary, Juliet R Oshiro and Laurel Fox, UC Santa Cruz HSSI Program, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
3417
 
Bats in Agroecosytems around California's Central Coast
Alex Wayne, UC Santa Cruz HSSI Program, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
3418
 
Fractal Landscape Algorithms for Environmental Simulations
Henry Mao and Sean Moran, Independent Schools Foundation Academy, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
3419
 
Searsville Sediment Experiment: What is the ideal agricultural soil?
Julia Leal1, Darren Lo1, Nisha Patel2 and Stanley Gu2, (1)Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
3420
 
Trace metal enrichment in agricultural soils of Jianghan Plain
Ray Zhao1, Samantha Ying1, Julia N Daniel1, Jianwei Bu2, Yiqun Gan2, Yanxin Wang2, Michael Schaefer1 and Scott E Fendorf1, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China
3421
 
Crop Uptake of Arsenic from Flooded Paddy Fields in the Mekong Delta
Kathryn Mohr, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and Kristin Boye, Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, CA, United States
3422
 
How Does Boiling in the Earth’s Crust Influence Metal Speciation and Transport?
Keith Kam, Independent Schools Foundation Academy, Pokfulam, Hong Kong and Kono Lemke, University of Hong Kong, Department of Earth Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
3423
 
Using Mobile App Development Tools to Build a GIS Application
Aman Mital, SGT Inc., STEM Internship Program, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, Michael Catchen, Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, United States and Kuran Mital, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States
3424
 
Comparison of Capabilities of Quadcopters for Use in Cryospheric Sciences
Matthias Urs Herzfeld Mayer and Ute C Herzfeld, Univ Colorado Boulder, Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Boulder, CO, United States
3425
 
Study of Motion of the Auroral Oval During September 30 - October 4, 2012 Geomagnetic Storm. A Project of National Secondary School Competition in Scientific Research on Antarctica "Feria Antarctica Escolar 2014", organized by Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH).
Marina V Stepanova1, Javiera F. Cabezas-Escares2, Tamara C. Letelier-Ulloa2 and Pablo Ortega-Letelier2, (1)University of Santiago Chile, Physics Department, Santiago, Chile, (2)Lyceum No1 Javiera Carrera, Santiago, Chile
3426
 
Modeling Solar Magnetic Fields Using Satellite Data
George Lee, Anna V Malanushenko and Marc L DeRosa, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA, United States
3427
 
Efficient Analysis of Simulations of the Sun’s Magnetic Field
Christopher William Scarborough and Juan Martínez-Sykora, LMSAL, San Francisco, CA, United States
3428
 
Ostracod Body Size Change Across Space and Time
Lauren Nolen1, Lesly Ann Llarena1, Juliette Saux1, Noel A. Heim2 and Jonathan Payne1, (1)Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
3429
 
Size Evolution and Stochastic Models: Explaining Ostracod Size through Probabilistic Distributions 
Max Krawczyk1, Sean Decker1, Noel A. Heim2 and Jonathan Payne1, (1)Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
3430
 
Ostracod Body Size: Locality in Accordance with Cope’s and Bergmann’s Rules
Tram Vo1, Rufhiline Tolosa2, Noel A. Heim2 and Jonathan Payne1, (1)Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
3431
 
The Effect of Human Impact on Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prevalence in Taricha torosa
Vicki Deng, Emigdia Macario and Cameron Tumey, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
3432
 
Correlations Between Emerita analoga and Profilicollis spp. as Influenced by Environmental Factors at Ocean Beach, San Francisco CA
Eva Fang and Andrew Le, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
3433
 
Sustainable Seas Student Intertidal Monitoring Project at Duxbury Reef in Bolinas, CA
Alina Rainsford1, Kathy Soave2, Frankie Gerraty1, Gaby Jung1, Maddy Quirke-Shattuck2, Julia Kudler1, Jane Hatfield1, Melea Emunah1 and Amy Dean3, (1)Branson School, Ross, CA, United States, (2)The Branson School, Ross, CA, United States, (3)Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association, San Francisco, CA, United States
3434
 
Conservation Biology of Xenopus Longipes
Rachel Quock1,2, David C Blackburn2 and Sonia Ghose2, (1)Student Science Fellows, San Francisco, CA, United States, (2)California Academy of Sciences, Department of Vertebrate Zoology and Anthropology, San Francisco, CA, United States
3435
 
Phylogenetic systematics of the Indo-Pacific heart urchin Metalia Gray, 1885
Sara Guevara-Plunkett and Rich Mooi, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
3436
 
The Ants of the Arabuko Sokoke Forest
Emily Brandau, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
3437
 
Relationship Between the Surface Area to Volume Ratio and Temperature across Geologic Time in Ostracods
Christopher Jackson1, Samuel Zaroff2, Noel A. Heim1 and Jonathan Payne2, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, CA, United States
3438
 
Testing for Bergmann’s Rule in the Evolution of Ostracods
Jennifer Rascon1, Jackelyn Gonzalez2, Noel A. Heim1 and Jonathan Payne2, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, CA, United States
3439
 
Does the Heat Island Effect Affect Lake Chabot
Khushboo Aartika Singh, Yemi Mock and Cheuk Pun, Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley, CA, United States
3440
 
Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Lake Chabot
Deepa Sharma and Rosie Pica, Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley, CA, United States
3441
 
Suitability of Submarine Groundwater Discharge in Monterey Bay as a Nutrient Source to Phytoplankton
Jenny Han, UC Santa Cruz HSSI Program, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Alanna Lecher, UC Santa Cruz Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Adina Paytan, UCSC-Inst Marine Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
3442
 
Water Quality of Peralta and Courtland Creek Oakland, CA
Alan Ahumada, Kim Ling Zhen, Xochitl Ponce, Ashanti Johnson, Noe Varela, Diego Quintero, Gerardo Hernandez and Esosa Oghogho, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
3443
 
A Relationship Between Phosphate Levels in Lake Champlain Tributaries and Soil Type and Particulate Size
Sophie Lee, Rebekah Larose and Thomas Lane, Bellows Free Academy Fairfax, Fairfax, VT, United States
3444
 
Monitoring Water Quality at Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA Following Improvements to the Tidal Channel to the San Francisco Bay
Humberto Bracho, Jai Martinez, Micah Johnson, Adam Turrey, Miguel Avila, Susana Medina, Ernesto Rubio, Elliot Ahumada, Samantha Nguyen and Yarely Guzman, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
3445
 
Preliminary Investigation into the Water Usage from Fracking in Drought Ridden California
Marisa Wu and Stephanie Lew, Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley, CA, United States
3446
 

Testing Total Ammonia Levels in the Sacramento- San Joaquin Valley Delta

Christina Kaser, Ashlyn Harris and Kate Miller, Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley, CA, United States
3447
 
Castro Valley High School's Solar Panels
Austin Lew, Sabrina Ham, Yenah Shin, Winston Yang and Josh Lam, Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley, CA, United States
3448
 
Effectiveness of the Solar Panels in the Castro Valley Unified School District Based on Projected Amount of Energy to be Produced
Jenna Rose Sparks, Tess Cronin Palmer and Allie Paula Siegel, Castro Valley High School, Environmental Science, Castro Valley, CA, United States
3449
 
Global Warming Impacts on Heating and Cooling Degree-Days in the United States
Yana Petri and Ken Caldeira, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, United States
3450
 
The Use of Biofuel for Sustainable Growth in Developing Countries
Jonathan Tsang, The Independent Schools Foundation Academy, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
3451
 
Errors When Extracting Oil from Algae
Erin Murphy, Rylee Treat and Trent Ichiuji, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
3452
 
An Investigation of Cellulose Digesting Bacteria in the Panda Gut Microbiome
Matthew Lu, The Independent School's Foundation Academy, Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Frederick C. Leung, University of Hong Kong, School of Biological Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
3453
 
Installation and Setup of Whole School Food Waste Composting Program
Aiwen Zhang, The Independent Schools Foundation Academy, Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Simon Edward Forder, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
3454
 
Local Economic Development and Hydropower Along the Brahmaputra River Basin in Northeast India
Allison Mock, UC Santa Cruz HSSI Program, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
3455
 
Feasibility of Wave Energy in Hong Kong
Mark Lu, The Independent Schools Foundation Academy, Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Paul Hodgson, Oceanway Cooperation Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 
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