my delicious loose ends
Lentic and Lotic
Lentic is an ecological adjective describing organisms or habitats situated in non-moving fresh water that includes ponds, swamps, bogs, lagoons, and lakes. The opposite is lotic, which includes moving fresh water as in a run, creek, brook, spring, stream, channel, or river.
Sand Dune Ecology
“Sand dunes are less arid than they appear; in fact, they are among the moistest of desert habitats. Like a sponge, dunes soak up every drop of rain that falls on them.”
Summer School of Excellence
The summer after my junior year of high school, I participated in a regional learning program focused on biology in Erie, Pennsylvania. It included a substantial component of understanding and appreciating the ecosystem of Lake Erie. In this life-changing two-week experience at Gannon University,…
