Take a virtual field trip to the mountainous landscape of central Appalachia in the western part ...

June 29, 2020

Take a virtual field trip to the mountainous landscape of central Appalachia in the western part of Virginia in this video produced by former VMNH research intern Aryanna James! Aryanna is currently a masters student at Virginia Tech working in the Entrekin lab of Aquatic Entomology and conducting research that focuses on the effects of mining-induced salinization on macroinvertebrate communities in headwater streams of Central Appalachia. In this video, Aryanna takes us to the mountainous landscape of Central Appalachia in western Virginia and some of the streams that she studies there.