For her honors thesis Felix prepares  a bioassay where she  hopes to determine a relationship between harmful algal bloom formation and changes to salinity in the Chowan River of coastal North Carolina, in light of climate change-driven changes to hydrologic event patterns.

Taking a Secchi measurement in the Chowan River to determine clarity

Mixing nutrient additions for the bioassay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click the link below to see the effort Felix is putting into her bioassay; she works quickly

Felix Evans Bioassay Video