Lab Time, Florida Keys 2012:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ben and Matt checking out sediment samples and Mike working on documenting everything.

photo of students in the lab looking through microscope

photo of student looking through a microsope

 

 

 

 

 

 

<-- Ashley examining sediment to identify organisms present.

 

 

 

 

 

 

After dinner lab time -- the group working hard on samples they collected earlier in the day.

phto of students in lab
photo of students looking through microcope <-- Kelsey putting her paleontology skills to the test.

Not the most appetizing breakfast cereal...

Carbonate sediment sample from near Tavernier Key -- all of this solid material was once alive!

photo of sediment sample
photo of carbonate sand <-- Carbonate sand from near a reef. This sediment is made of fragments of green algae, single-celled foraminifera, clams, and snails -- very little coral.
Matt taking a closer look with Ben helping out. photo of students looking through microscope

photo of students doing lab work

 

 

 

 

<-- Jon, Ben, and Jack doing some water quality tests in the lab.

photo of student writing in his notebook in lab <-- Jack recording the water quality data.
Ben always ready to get his hands dirty. photo of student with rubber gloves on
photo of octapus

 

 

 

 

 

<-- Nemo, Ashley's pet octopus was a very special friend to the whole group.

 

 

 

Brenna and Ashley working on sediment descriptions.
student looking at sample through microscope

photo of Keys Marine Lab from ocean

 

 

 

 

 

<-- The Keys Marine Lab approaching from the Florida Bay side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The dorm (second story of larger building in background) and dive equipment building (in foreground).

photo of Keys Marine Lab dorm building
photo of Keys Marine Lab

 

 

 

 

 

<-- Keys Marine Lab grounds.

 

 

 

 

 

Balcony on the dorm/living quarters.

Photo of dorms
Photo of balcony at Keys Marine Lab <-- Evening view of the balcony.
Small bonnet head shark in one of the Keys Marine Lab holding ponds . photo of bonnethead shark
photo of Bill holding a bonnethead shark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<-- Captain Bill holding one of the bonnet head sharks during transfer to another tank.

Large Caribbean spiny lobster in one of the KML tanks. photo of lobster under water

fish tanks on Keys marine Lab grounds

 


 

 

 

 

<-- Tanks at the Keys Marine Lab.

A few dolphins cruising along the shore and catching fish at the Keys Marine Lab. photo of dolphins swimin
photo of Keys marine Lab boat

 

 

 

 

 

 

<-- The Diodon (genus name for a puffer fish) at the Keys Marine Lab.