Ben and Matt checking out sediment samples and Mike working on documenting everything. |
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<-- Ashley examining sediment to identify organisms present. |
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After dinner lab time -- the group working hard on samples they collected earlier in the day. |
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<-- 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! |
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<-- 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. | ||||
<-- Jon, Ben, and Jack doing some water quality tests in the lab. |
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<-- Jack recording the water quality data. | ||||
Ben always ready to get his hands dirty. | ||||
<-- Nemo, Ashley's pet octopus was a very special friend to the whole group. |
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Brenna and Ashley working on sediment descriptions. |
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<-- The Keys Marine Lab approaching from the Florida Bay side. |
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The dorm (second story of larger building in background) and dive equipment building (in foreground). |
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<-- Keys Marine Lab grounds. |
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Balcony on the dorm/living quarters. |
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<-- Evening view of the balcony. | ||||
Small bonnet head shark in one of the Keys Marine Lab holding ponds . | ||||
<-- Captain Bill holding one of the bonnet head sharks during transfer to another tank. |
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Large Caribbean spiny lobster in one of the KML tanks. | ||||
<-- Tanks at the Keys Marine Lab. |
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A few dolphins cruising along the shore and catching fish at the Keys Marine Lab. | ||||
<-- The Diodon (genus name for a puffer fish) at the Keys Marine Lab. |
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