Collinge Lab

April vernal pool visit

Akasha — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:28:15 +0000

After a dry winter out at the field site, recent April showers have filled the pools to their highest point of the season. This photo shows a subset of the native flowers that are just above the inundation line while some have been completely submerged. We will be returning to the site in a couple of weeks to conduct vegetation surveys and to see the impact these late rains had on the vernal pools.

Winter at the vernal pools

Akasha — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:49:01 +0000

Germination is in full swing at the California vernal pool field site! Many of the native annuals are in their tiny germinant stage hunkering down for a wet winter to engulf their pools. The most recent visit to the site was a success with all pools flagged, germinants counted and litter depths manipulated. Now we all have our finger crossed that the skies will soon open up bringing more snow to the mountains and rain in the valley.

‘Tis the season…

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:55:27 +0000

It is fall, which means that in addition to crisp, clear days and an abundance of pumpkins; we are receiving many inquiries from prospective graduate students interested in the possibility of working in the Collinge lab. I currently supervise four PhD students and plan to recruit an additional PhD student to begin in Fall 2012 to work specifically on the vernal pool restoration experiment in California. Please click the “Prospective students” box at the top of the page to learn more about opportunities for graduate students in the Collinge lab. Thanks for your interest!