Leafsnap on SciStarter. Leafsnap is an exciting new mobile app that is designed to help citizen scientists identify and locate tree species from photographs and ultimately help the scientific world develop a better understanding of biodiversity. Developed by Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution, Leafsnap contains a unique visual recognition software that helps users identify species from the photographs taken straight from your iphone or ipad. The app is completely free and will be the first in a series of apps that takes advantage of the newly developed recognition software. The app also contains high-resolution photos of the leaves, flowers, fruit, seeds, and bark of all sorts of species, and is a wonderful visual field guide. Currently, the species of New York City and Washington D.C. are supported, but this list will be expanded in the future. The app is very user friendly and easy to use. Weddell Seal Population Count Activity | Polar Geospatial Center.
Weddell Seal Population Count Activity An adult Weddell Seal on the sea ice in Antarctica (photo: Michelle LaRue) Background Knowing ‘how many’ of any animal is one of the first questions researchers seek to answer when they study a population. Getting that answer is not always easy. If you wanted to know how many robins were in your county how would you do that? Many people think seals are easy to count. Activity: Introduction Students can help scientists in the field monitor the Weddell seal population in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
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