[Coral-List] Young Researcher trying to go to Cornell
Lester Lambert
lesterhl5487 at hotmail.com
Sun Nov 21 16:26:10 EST 2004
Dear Coral-List readers,
I recently completed a coral research experiment for the "Intel
Science Talent Search" in Washington D.C. In my pursuit of
an Undergraduate education at Cornell University : College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences I am trying to enter in as many
science fairs, science related scholarships and contests to
acknowledge my research to the science community and earn money for
college. If anyone knows of any such contest for me to enter my
two-years worth of research in high school or would like to read it,
please tell me at [1]lesterhl5487 at hotmail.com.
From,
Lester
The Affects of Experimental Iron Sedimentation on A Zoanthid Coral
Colony
By
Lester Hoplin Lambert
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Abstract
Sedimentation seriously harms coastal communities. Soil from the
Saharan Desert is constantly blown, westward across the Atlantic Ocean
to the Americas. Many scientists have condemned the microbes,
polysaccharides and fungi, found in Saharan soil, as the causes for
mass coral diseases found in the Caribbean (Dale Griffin, 2001, Joseph
Prospero, 2004). Yet, the role of the trace element iron, found
within the soil, as an antigen and not simply as an eutrophicator has
yet to be acutely researched.
In a six-week study, a species of Zoanthid coral known as Parazoanthus
gracilis was exposed to constant deposits of pulverized iron and
monitored for its reaction. During the duration of the experiment all
coral polyps showed signs of stress and significant tissue
alteration. By the end of the research, over half of the coral polyps
were dead.
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References
1. mailto:lesterhl5487 at hotmail.com
2. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2737??PS=47575
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