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Café Scientifique: Aquatic Macroinvertebrates: Adaptations for Life Underwater

Date:
Monday, October 1, 2018
Time:
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location:
Carnegie Science Center

FREE EVENT

A vast majority of insect species are terrestrial, but several unrelated groups have adapted to living in freshwater ecosystems for either some or all their life cycles. How do they do this, and what can we learn about water quality from these stream-dwelling arthropods?

On October 1, join Andrea Kautz, Research Entomologist at Powdermill Nature Reserve, as she answers this question and more at our next Café Sci!

During the presentation, Kautz will talk about the adaptations of various insect species and her current research project she is working on at Powedermill. Andrea Kautz is a Research Entomologist working at Powdermill Nature Reserve, the environmental research station of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. At Powdermill, she has been involved in collecting and imaging aquatic macroinvertebrates for a National Science Foundation-funded project aimed at building a website to aid in the identification of aquatic insects and other arthropods used in water quality monitoring. 

Food and drinks will be available for purchase.

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