Pond Studies at HNC Naturalist School

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Pond Study at Hitchcock Nature Center.*

 

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Boreal chorus frog (Anachris maculata) on bracket fungus (Laetiporus sulphureus). 

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Boreal chorus frog tadpoles. (Laura Connelly.)

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Bullfrog tadpole (Lithobates catesbeianus).

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Ecologist Joseph Phillips teaches aquatic food webs.

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Odonate larvae with giant duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) and lesser duckweed (Lemna minor).

 

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*Photos by Robert Smith except where noted.