Leading the Bioblitz
Posted on Friday, March 19th, 2010
By Roger
Dr. Pimm is taking a leading role in this year’s Bioblitz. According to Wikipedia, a Bioblitz is “a special type of field study, where a group of scientists and volunteers conduct an intensive 24-hour (or 48 hour) biological inventory, attempting to identify and record all species of living organisms in a given area.”
Stuart led the birding contingent for a Bioblitz in Indiana in 2009. (Read the blog posts about the 2009 bioblitz, in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.) This year he’s calling for participants to join this year’s National Geographic-National Park Service Bioblitz — at the largest marine park in the NPS system – Biscayne National Park. He’s volunteering to go offshore into deep waters off the reef looking for pelagic birds and also to accompany a shorter inshore trip.
Birder? In Florida? Join Stuart during the Bioblitz April 30 and May 1, 2010.
- Read Stuart’s article on his National Geographic blog.
- NPS info about volunteering for the Bioblitz.
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