Plant Census at Smithsonian's Global Change Research Wetland
Scientists have been studying the marsh at the Global Change Research Wetlands for nearly 30 years to track the impacts of carbon dioxide and nutrients on plant growth. Citizen scientists work in the marsh to count and measure all of the plants in the experimental plots and work in the lab to analyze samples.
Project URL: http://serc.si.edu
Geographic Scope: Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (on campus of Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)
Project Status: Periodically active - recruiting volunteers
Participation Tasks: Classification or tagging, Identification, Measurement, Observation, Sample analysis, Specimen/sample collection,
Start Date: 1987-06-01
Project Contact: cawooda@si.edu
Federal Government Sponsor:
Other Federal Government Sponsor: National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey, NASA, NOAA/Maryland Sea Grant
Fields of Science: Biology, Chemistry, Climate and weather, Ecology and environment, Nature and outdoors, Ocean/water and marine
Intended Outcomes: Research development, Individual learning, Conservation,