Biodiversity and genetic diversity in vernal pool crustaceans.
Student Name: Kairav Sinha. UCD Department: Evolution and Ecology. UCD Mentor: Jay Stachowicz.
Vernal pools are essentially puddles, and they teem with many different kinds of life – some of which we don’t even have scientfic names for. Although we know how most of the organisms function individually, we have little understanding of the greater ecological relationships. Kairav’s project lays the framework for future hypothesis-based research through extensive surveying of vernal pools, and also enables to determine some correlations between environmental factor, diversity, and reproductive success in vernal pool organisms.
