The Governor's Academy (GA) students and teachers have been participating with PIE LTER through student summer internships.The internships connect 1-3 students each summer with researchers conducting studies of fish, crab, mussel and snail populations and marsh plant surveys in hayed and non-hayed marshes.
Some of the internships have developed into independent student projects where the data is contributed to the PIE LTER. Data sets include populations of mussels and snails in tidal creeks around the Rowley River, Rowley, MA.
During the school year The Governor's Academy teachers and students have been conducting marsh vegetation transect surveys near their campus in the marsh off Middle Road (Thurlow's Bridge), Newbury, MA. The marsh survey data is made available for PIE LTER.
The Governor's Academy (GA) teachers and students have been participating with researchers investigating populations of mussels and snails in tidal creeks around the Rowley River.
GA Rowley River Mussel and Snail Presence:
Year | File Description | File |
2002 | GA mussel and snail presence in Rowley River tidal creeks during 2002 | HTL-TC-RO-GA-MusselSnail2002 |
2001 | GA mussel and snail presence in Rowley River tidal creeks during 2001 | HTL-TC-RO-GA-MusselSnail2001 |
2000 | GA mussel and snail presence in Rowley River tidal creeks during 2000 | HTL-TC-RO-GA-MusselSnail2000 |
1999 | GA mussel and snail presence in Rowley River tidal creeks during 1999 | HTL-TC-RO-GA-MusselSnail1999 |
The Governor's Academy (GA) teachers and students have taken several vegetation surveys near the Middle Road bridge, on the Parker River. Survey Transects extend away from the river edge. Presence/absence is recorded for one meter intervals.
Governor's Academy Middle Road Vegetation Transects:
Year | File Description | File |
2000 | GA Parker River Middle Rd. vegetation transects during year 2000 | MAR-PR-GA-TransMiddle2000 |
2002 | GA Parker River Middle Rd. vegetation transects during year 2002 | MAR-PR-GA-TransMiddle2002 |
2006 | GA Parker River Middle Rd. vegetation transects during year 2006 | MAR-PR-GA-TransMiddle2006 |
2007 | GA Parker River Middle Rd. vegetation transects during year 2007 | MAR-PR-GA-TransMiddle2007 |
2009 | GA Parker River Middle Rd. vegetation transects during year 2009 | MAR-PR-GA-TransMiddle2009 |