Hello! This week has been focused on urchin dissection, a project presentation, and creating still photos from previous dive videos. Last weekend, some fellow REU students and I went to Eugene Oregon for the weekend. We went to a watering hole with a natural rock slide and explored the downtown area. It was nice to enjoy some hot summer weather! Last Monday Annika and I went to CMLC to volunteer. During the feeding of the wolf eels, all the fish in their tank stole their food, so we had to remove some of them. Catching large fish in a tank is a lot harder than I thought. We caught the rockfish and kelp greenlings and put them in the other large tank with flash (the giant pacific octopus). Once the fish were removed, we cleaned the tank and removed the old mussel shells left at the bottom. Hopefully, the wolf eels will have less competition from now on. Throughout the week I have been dissecting my dive urchins and looking through benthic transect videos. With each video I process, I create 4 still photographs to quantify the percent cover of the purple urchins and kelp if it’s visible. I also have been helping other REU students with their research. This Friday Annika and I helped Jordan collect crabs for his research. We went out to three spots in the estuary and emptied the crab traps. Jordan is collecting invasive green crabs for his project. We found green crabs, shore crabs, Dungeness crab, and small sculpin fish in the traps. We had to wear long waders, special mud shoes, and gloves. After that, we got to measure and weigh them. Next week Aaron and I will be diving in Port Orford to do some benthic videos and to replace an underwater camera for the Kelp2Whales project, stay tuned!
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AuthorMy name is Maite Gato-Fuentes. I am a senior marine science major at California State University, Monterey Bay from Seattle Washington. I'm working in Dr. Aaron Galloway's Coastal Trophic Ecology Lab. Archives
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