{"id":540,"date":"2020-05-04T10:56:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/?p=540"},"modified":"2020-05-04T10:56:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:56:08","slug":"benthic-macroinvertebrates-of-msh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/benthic-macroinvertebrates-of-msh\/","title":{"rendered":"Benthic Macroinvertebrates of MSH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/BMI2-273x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/BMI2-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/BMI2.png 369w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><figcaption>Caddisflies of all shapes and sizes have colonized Mount St. Helens. Photo by Angie Froedin-Morgensen <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The eruption of Mount St Helens created pyroclastic flows, mudflows, and ash fallout that covered the Pumice Plain in over 100 ft of sterile material. Since then, new watersheds have formed, diverse fauna has colonized MSH streams, and our lab team has been there to document!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/BMI1-227x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/BMI1-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/BMI1.png 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><figcaption>Our benthic macroinvertebrate sorting station. Photo by Angie Froedin-Morgensen <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The benthic macroinvertebrates of MSH colonize, eat and utilize leaf litter that falls into streams. With the use of leaf litter bags, Undergraduates Angie Froedin-Morgensen and Brandy Ku\u2019ualoha Kamakawiwoole spend hours under a microscope sorting these aquatic insects! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"378\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/BMI3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/BMI3.png 378w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/05\/BMI3-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><figcaption>Stoneflies are particularly common inhabitants of Mount St. Helens streams. Photo by Angie Froedin-Morgensen <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Aquatic insects like Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, and Plecoptera all play a critical role in the aquatic food webs! Benthic macroinvertebrate communities provide amazing insight as indicators of biological conditions, and communities differ across MSH streams!\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eruption of Mount St Helens created pyroclastic flows, mudflows, and ash fallout that covered the Pumice Plain in over 100 ft of sterile material. Since then, new watersheds have formed, diverse fauna has colonized MSH streams, and our lab team has been there to document! The benthic macroinvertebrates of MSH colonize, eat and utilize [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7504,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[56,27,40,31,44,18,12,41,26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}