[Biology-U-L] CBER Paid Internship/ Student project Opportunity

[Biology Undergraduate List]

The Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (EEMB) recently 
received two grants which include funds for three student interns 
($250/quarter) for projects which extend through winter and spring quarter.

Lagoon Water Quality Monitoring Project
   The goal of this project is to monitor the nutrients, bacteria and 
heavy metals entering the lagoon from a variety of sources:
the Manzanita Village bioswales, the newly installed Continuous 
Deflection Separator, untreated storm drains and sea water during three 
storm events and on a biweekly (every other week) schedule for 4 
months.  The goal of the project is to evaluate the water and the 
current methods for treating the water before it enters the lagoon.  The 
student working on this project will help with water collection and 
produce a report synthesizing the data with our help.

Dune and salt marsh restoration Project: Campus Lagoon Beach areas
   The Center is working on completing the restoration of the sand dune 
areas between the ocean and the lagoon called East and West Depression. 
We are looking for two interested students to spend 3 - 4 hours per week 
helping to grow, plant, monitor and maintain our restoration projects on 
those sites.  Opportunities to learn to identify native plants, conduct 
field monitoring and help design educational signage are included in the 
project.

Interested students should send a letter of interest to me by e-mail  
with comments about their past experience and the interest in working on 
the project for two quarters.

Sincerely,

Lisa
stratton at lifesci.ucsb.edu

-- 
Lisa Stratton, Ph.D.
Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration (CBER)
EEMB - UCSB
Harder South, Rm 1005
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9615

Office: (805) 893-4158
Fax:	(805) 893-4222

stratton at lifesci.ucsb.edu