Northeastern Tidal Beetles Reflection

I truly enjoyed my trip to the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, I enjoyed exploring the Java History trail, and I thought the Mathias laboratory was quite high-tech. The most interesting discovery was what I learned about the Northeastern Tidal Beetles, it’s astonishing how heavily they were impacted in such a short amount of time. I enjoyed putting what I’ve learned so far in the course into practice. The chapter on tides and waves has been my favorite chapter so far, I was pleased I could see it in action while observing the river. I was quite disappointed I couldn’t capture the garbage or boats I found in the river, they were too far to get a clear picture. Also, I wish I would’ve found more organisms but they didn’t seem to be
very present. This is most likely due to negative human impacts.