Sapelo Research Application Form
Research Application ID: SINERR-2009-7 (submitted: 07/16/2014, status: completed)
Project Type: Educational Research
Application Title
Ball State University
Investigator Information
| Principal Investigator: | Andrea Speraw | ||
| Home Institution: | Ball State University | ||
| Award Information: | none | ||
| Mailing Address: | Dept. of Biology, Ball State University | Phone Number: | 7652858842 |
| E-mail Address: | tccarter@bsu.edu | ||
| Muncie, Indiana 47306 | |||
| Co-investigators: | Dr. Tim Carter (Ball State University) | ||
Project Abstract
I'm going to make 4 chimneys out of black modeling clay. I am still not sure how large the fiddler crab chimneys on Sapelo are, but I was thinking that the chimneys I build will be .5in, 1.0in, and 2.0 inches tall and the diameter of the opening will be a constant size that I have yet to determine.
I will place the 4 chimneys in a circle in a cat litter box. I plan on setting this experiment up in three different cat litter boxes so that I can the test multiple times at the same time. I'm going to place a female fiddler crab under a bathroom size Dixie cup in the middle of the circle. After a couple of minutes I will lift the cup up slowly and let the female run around while I move on to the next litter box. After I have done this for all three litter boxes I will go back to the first litter box and see which chimney the female crab is sitting in and record my results in the data sheet.
Project Location
unknown
GPS Coordinates for Study Sites
I will provide a spreadsheet containing GPS coordinates for my study sites
Expected Start and End Dates of the Project
Start Date: 03/06/2009 End Date: 03/15/2009
Number and Frequency of People Accessing the Site
2 people for 8 days.
Keywords Describing the Project
Equipment Deployed in the Field
none
Plants and Animal Collecting
none
Likely Impacts of the Project on the Site
none
Boardwalk Installation Plans
none
Expected persistence of site impacts after the research is concluded?
n/a
Community engagement summary