The majority of this week I spent collecting or reviewing data, and while it took long hours I enjoyed the process and it went smoothly. Although, there was one night that I dreamt I was surrounded by little swimming Dendraster larvae and I couldn’t get away from them…needless to say it was not a restful sleep, but it’s pretty funny to think about. I have a lot of pictures of larvae to look over and I am hoping to get it done as quickly as possible so I can begin to put that data on a poster we are making. I’m excited though, it’s my first time making a poster and I think it will be cool to see all my work from the past weeks put together in one place. On the weekend Chloe, Sherlyn, Colleen and I went to a thrift shop together so they could search for costumes for the invertebrate ball this week. I sadly will not be able to attend as I am going back to Southern California to go to a Quinceneara, so that should be really fun. I’m excited to be home for a bit and enjoy the warm weather. Even though Oregon has amazing weather, I do miss the hot temperatures of SoCal. As I won’t be here this weekend I will also be missing our CMLC session where we are presenting our project to the local community and visitors of the Marine Center. I would have loved to see all the different ideas and ways that my fellow interns are using to communicate their science to the public. I will be presenting my own project to the public at the CMLC next weekend though, so I won’t be missing out on a great opportunity.
With only two weeks left I think we are all feeling the time crunch to finish collecting our data and start getting everything set to go on our posters. My plan for the next week is to go through all the pictures of the larvae I have captured so far and measure them all. When I measure then I will be getting numbers for their postoral arm length, midline body length, stomach diameter, and most importantly pigment coverage in the arms of the larvae. That’s all the news I have for this week, until next time!
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AuthorMy name is Victoria I am from Palmdale, CA but over my life I have moved around a lot and lived different places. I love to travel and explore, especially along the coast. I am a Zoology major studying at Cal Poly Humboldt and like to spend time reading about animal behavior. Archives
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