Clues as to how an environment changes over time can take many different forms; for a recent multi-university research team composed of professors and students from Rutgers, Arizona State University, and Purdue those forms manifested themselves as tiny seeds and sub-fossil insects as the group took on an investigation of man-made Lake Myosotis in New York’s Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve. The team, including RCEI affiliate Lauren Neitzke Adamo, conducted their initial assessment of the site by examining sediment cores plunged into the lake bed. By identifying and comparing the plant and insect remains found in each collected layer of sediment, they were able to track the evolution of the lake over time, as well as the impact of human activity on the freshwater ecosystem.
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