Presentation Year

2024

Depreciated Participant

Frank Cappuccio Chemistry Faculty Frank.Cappuccio@humboldt.edu

College or Department

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

The Arcata Marsh is responsible for treating the wastewater of the City of Arcata so it is clean enough to release into the ocean. After undergoing preliminary processing, treatment ponds are used to remove organic matter and pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater, using the symbiotic work of plants like the native broadleaf cattail (Typha latifolia), and the nitrogen-fixing and nitrifying bacteria that grow on their roots, to absorb these chemicals from the water. For this experiment, we observed cattail roots and root microbiota at the inlets and outlets of the pond using scanning electron microscopy, looking at the samples with up to 5000x magnification.

Permission to Publish Work

Yes

Primary Contact: First Name

Lillian

Primary Contact: Last Name

Caballero

Primary Contact: Email

lnc25@humboldt.edu

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Undergraduate Student

Primary Contact: Phone Number

5108293230

Node ID

1606

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