Ok, so to catch everyone up on what we've been doing.... We have been tethering crabs in the craberators, catching and tagging octopus, and went with Cyndy, Kim, Jen, Fernando, Dusty, and the ODU crew to watch fireworks at Sombrero beach. Really good fireworks! The water yesterday was 91 degrees! That's a little too warm, even for someone as cold-natured as me.
We've also had an algal bloom or something that has caused some poor vis on some of our sites (only about 3 feet). This has poured some icy cold water on our red-hot experiments. No worries, we trudged right on through. We also had a pump go out on one of our cattle tanks (used for our night experiments). We improvised here as well - the Childress' lab always prevails! We've also found out that catching our own fiddler crabs has been highly productive, although messy and disgusting (see tethered crab below).
Oh the trouble and suffering we will go through for the cause, not to mention all the money we are saving our lab (just a little plug in case Michael is reading this). The high points....Pete talking to fiddler crabs, the fireworks show with good friends, and Florida sunshine! I still may never make it back to good ol' South Carolina.
Ok, so to catch everyone up on what we've been doing.... We have been tethering crabs in the craberators, catching and tagging octopus, and went with Cyndy, Kim, Jen, Fernando, Dusty, and the ODU crew to watch fireworks at Sombrero beach. Really good fireworks! The water yesterday was 91 degrees! That's a little too warm, even for someone as cold-natured as me.
We've also had an algal bloom or something that has caused some poor vis on some of our sites (only about 3 feet). This has poured some icy cold water on our red-hot experiments. No worries, we trudged right on through. We also had a pump go out on one of our cattle tanks (used for our night experiments). We improvised here as well - the Childress' lab always prevails! We've also found out that catching our own fiddler crabs has been highly productive, although messy and disgusting (see tethered crab below).
Oh the trouble and suffering we will go through for the cause, not to mention all the money we are saving our lab (just a little plug in case Michael is reading this). The high points....Pete talking to fiddler crabs, the fireworks show with good friends, and Florida sunshine! I still may never make it back to good ol' South Carolina.
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