Using NEON Arctic Shallow Ground Water Sampling to Test for Harmful Bacteria and Viruses Potentially Unfrozen by Melting Permafrost.
PI Name
Amy Vinturella
Use the NEON Arctic shallow groundwater sampling methods to monitor for the Bacillus anthracis and other harmful bacteria and viruses.
PI Name
Amy Vinturella
Field sites
PI Affiliation
Battelle
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2019 Icy Cape Supplemental Remedial Investigation Former Distant Early Warning Line Station, Icy Cape, AK
PI Name
Brandon Jensen
Request to borrow 30 beetle pitfall trap sets (trap covers, spikes, and spacers) from D18/19. Collecting terrestrial insect samples from a non-NEON site (Icy Cape, AK as part of a Battelle project with the US Navy. Samples will be collected using beetle pitfall traps and composited to produce enough tissue sample volume to analyze for organic contaminants, PCBs, Pesticides, and metals. This project occurred in the Alaskan Arctic along the Chukchi Sea.
PI Name
Brandon Jensen
PI Affiliation
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
End date
Ongoing