Environmental Internship Program - 2023 Booklet

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BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Meera Burghardt ’24 SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Certificates: Applications of Computing, <strong>Environmental</strong> Studies PROJECT TITLE Promoting Pro-conservation Behaviors in Recreational Scuba Divers on Coral Reefs in Southeast Asia ORGANIZATION(S) Wilcove Lab, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University LOCATION(S) Bali, Indonesia; Malapascua, Philippines; Panglao, Philippines I traveled across Southeast Asia researching environmental attitudes and behaviors among recreational scuba divers. Bailey White and I worked together with our mentor, Bing Lin, to collect various types of data that will be used to make conclusions on the impact of recreational scuba diving on coral reefs. Coral reefs are dying at an alarming rate, and recreational scuba diving is one of the many human interactions causing their decline. In one facet of the research, we collected video footage of scuba divers during their dives and observed their interactions with the reef. We also conducted surveys to assess environmental attitudes among divers. This research will hopefully give insights into the specifics of how recreational scuba diving is hurting coral reefs that can be used to develop policy recommendations that promote pro-conservation attitudes and behaviors. MENTOR(S) David Wilcove, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs and the High Meadows <strong>Environmental</strong> Institute; Bing Lin, Ph.D. candidate, School of Public and International Affairs 8
PROJECT TITLE Climate-change Mediated Evolutionary Shifts in a High-alpine Hibernating Mammal ORGANIZATION(S) vonHoldt Lab, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University LOCATION(S) Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Colorado MENTOR(S) Bridgett vonHoldt, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University; Daniel Blumstein, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles; Stavi Tennenbaum, Ph.D. candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University Emma Demefack ’26 ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY I worked as a field technician and research assistant on the Marmot Project, a historic study that began in 1962 and is one of the world’s longest-running studies of mammals in the wild. At the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colorado, I worked alongside a highenergy field team of undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. My day-to-day responsibilities included taking behavioral observations, trapping and handling live animals, collecting biological samples such as blood and feces, performing timed running trials, taking morphological measurements, processing samples and managing our database. Additionally, I collected data to study the genomic responses of hibernating marmots to climate changes in high-alpine meadows in the Rocky Mountains. This meant focusing on drawing blood and preserving the blood’s RNA. Although the fieldwork was challenging, I ultimately found it very rewarding. I learned valuable technical fieldwork skills and a better understanding of high-alpine ecology, specifically within mammals. As a result, I now have a deeper curiosity about studying the evolutionary biology of other animals. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 9
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