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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b>For Immediate Release: Contacts: <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'>July 15, 2010 Melissa
Lowe (Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary): 508 349-2615<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoBodyText3><span style='font-size:14.0pt;text-decoration:none'>High
School Students form “Team Limulus” and Gather Important Data on
Horseshoe Crabs: Presentation at Mass Audubon in Wellfleet <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b>South Wellfleet, MA.</b> –
While school may be out for the summer, the work conducted by a group of High
School students from the Wheeler School in Providence, Rhode Island still
resonates. Wheeler School students enrolled in Advanced Placement Biology
classes have participated since 2008 in monitoring horseshoe crab populations
along the Rhode Island coast during the months of May and June. Their work is
part of a larger study run by Dr. Mary-Jane James-Pirri of the Graduate School
of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, who is conducting similar
studies on Cape Cod, and overseen by their AP Biology teacher Sharon Tatulli.
Concerns over declines of horseshoe crab populations have prompted much study
and many questions. To learn more about the state of local populations, there
are several individuals and institutions conducting research and monitoring
projects across the region. The data the students are collecting helps
scientists understand the population dynamics of horseshoe crabs. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'>The Wheeler School students, who named
themselves “Team Limulus,” completed spawning surveys during new
and full moon high tides, as well as two days before and after the high tides.
The surveys were run at Gaspee Point Beach in Warwick, RI. During the 2008
season, the largest number of adult crabs observed in the spawning surveys was
69, counted during the evening high tide on June 1, 2008. Students also tagged
34 crabs with USFWS numbered tags and recorded physical data concerning the
tagged crabs in 2008. Results from 2009 are still being compiled.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'>“[Last year] we surveyed on the
first full moon high tide of the season and saw 380 crabs – it was
amazing! What better way to spend an evening than in chest waders and headlamps
down at the beach – the students loved it,” exclaimed Sharon
Tatulli.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>The students will share the results of their research and monitoring at a
presentation on</b> <b>Wednesday, July 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wellfleet Bay
Wildlife Sanctuary</b>. Cost is $3 for Mass Audubon members, $5 for
non-members. Registration is not required. For more information contact the
Wellfleet Bay at <b>508-349-2615</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Wellfleet Bay Wildlife
Sanctuary is located on the west side of Route 6, immediately north of the
Eastham/Wellfleet town line. Call (508) 349-2615 for information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>**********************************************<br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Melissa
Lowe, Education Coordinator</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mass Audubon's
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PO Box 236,
South Wellfleet, MA 02663</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>mlowe@massaudubon.org</span>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>508-349-2615,
ext 107</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Protecting
the Nature of Massachusetts</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</span>
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