Grasslands BioBlitz 2004
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Grasslands BioBlitz Lead Scientists
First NameLast NameSpecialtyInstitutionMethods
VeraEvensonMycology (fleshy fungi)Denver Botanic GardensTake fruiting bodies from substrate
DeniseCulvervascular plants (terrestrial & aquatic)CO Natural Heritage ProgramPlant presses, tools for collecting
TimHoganvascular plantsCU MuseumMostly sight records
BorisKondratieffInsects (esp. aquatic)CO State UniversityAerial nets, dip nets, beating sheets
TimSeastedtsoil microinvertebrates (arthropods)University of Colorado - BoulderTullgren Funnel Extraction, pitfall traps & sample sorts, Scopes (took soil samples week before)
Emma
Johnson
Broos
Nkem
soil microinvertebrates (nematodes)CO State University - NREL
RobGuralnickMollusks & crayfishCU MuseumHand-collecting (with colanders, scoops, etc)
PaulaCushingspidersDenver Museum of Nature & ScienceSweep, look-down, & beating sheet
CarolKearnsbeesUniversity of Colorado - BoulderPan traps & sweepnetting
VirginiaScottbeesCU Museum
BoyceDrummondbutterflies & mothsNatural Perspectives, Ft Collins & CO State UniversitySweepnets, Mercury vapor & black lights
AndyHicksleafhoppersCU MuseumSweepnet, perhaps malaise trap, + time in Visitor Center to sort specimen
EugeneHallbeetlesCU Museum
CesarNufiograsshoppers & other insectsCU Museum
InezPratherdragonflies & damselsCO State UniversityNets & binoculars
ClaireMcGrathfishCU-Center for LimnologySeine, net & electrofish
HaroldTyusfish
JorgeMorenoAmphibians & reptilesUniversity of Colorado - BoulderSearch areas near water, transects, night road & aural surveys, photos
AlexanderBrownbirdsUniversity of Colorado - BoulderBinoculars & spotting scopes - in very early AM
CarronMeaneymammalsUniversity of Colorado - BoulderLive-traps, track plates, spotlighting
RickAdamsbatsUniversity of Northern ColoradoMist nets, bat detectors, infrared video cameras

You can see the detailed reports submitted by team leaders (including the methods their teams used and all the species they found) by clicking on the various specialties within the table above.