INTERN: RACHEL WARNICK

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The red tide and Myrionecta rubras ecological
impact and dynamic in the Columbia River estuary

• INTERN RACHEL WARNICK
• FRONTLINE MENTOR LYDIE HERFORT
• SENIOR MENTOR PETER ZUBER

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Myrionecta rubra

• Ciliate
• Karyoklepty
• Cryptophyte algae (Teleaulax)
• Red tide blooms in estuary
• High primary productivity
• Possible sentinel?

Cryptophyte nucleus
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Data Analysis

• 18S rDNA
• Custom primers
• M. rubra oMR-1 and ITS
• Cryptophyte Rubisco
• Environmental Sample Processor