With her 6th grade science project, Lauren Arrington, a student at The King’s Academy in West Palm Beach, spurred important scientific research on invasive lionfish. Dr. Craig Layman, Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Fellow at North Carolina State University, said that Lauren’s research “influential project was the final push that spurred us to do the study ourselves. The findings have important implications about the potential scope of the lionfish invasion, that is, that estuaries throughout the Caribbean may soon be impacted by the invasion.” Lauren’s science fair project, “Understanding the Limitations of Lionfish Invasions,” focused on understanding the salinity limit lionfish can […]
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- The Good News
- 1 Jul 2014
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