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Additional Resources

Programs

  • Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) is a mangrove education program.

  • Jamaican Awareness of Mangroves in Nature (J.A.M.I.N.) a hands-on outdoor education program that teaches students about the mangrove ecosystem through project-based learning.

Blog posts

  • Disease in the Trees: A scientist searches for the cause of a mangrove die-off

Insect ID guides

  • A Pictorial Key to the Order of Adult Insects (PDF)

Additional helpful videos

  • Guide to FTA card sampling
  • How to make an insect trap with a bottle (to 3:12)
  • How to sterilize used petri plates
  • Another method to sterilize without autoclave
  • Sterilizing agar media in pressure cooker and pouring plates (start at 0.58 in video)
  • Sterilizing agar media in pressure cooker stove top example

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Support

Mangrove Detectives was made possible through grant support from the National Geographic Society.

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