tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90409209553978829742024-03-13T02:16:54.698-04:00Childress Lab Field Research BlogField research by the Childress Lab at Clemson UniversityMichael Childresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04403460578881394995noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-7960823977357836342016-09-09T10:13:00.000-04:002016-09-09T10:14:37.941-04:00Nothing beats a summer in the Keys!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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During the summer of 2016 the Childress lab took another
group of Conservation of Marine Resources students to the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary. We were able to continue collecting data for ongoing projects
including the reef surveys, coral transplants and parrotfish territoriality. I
am happy to report that parrotfish populations are still thriving on our reefs
and the coral transplants look healthy overall!</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjroBfYDIzR2HG0_77Xhh5mT9VW66QOHVL8vjXTYBEyxAaDi2pSsLrFk0mHfEZPfcYAism7h60rvp8J3U6DbaCEoF2EogKvXV2oJUvOy1s2vlPyx0t1R0VtqLcp91Y2pGCScDZrPuHalco/s1600/IMG_0449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjroBfYDIzR2HG0_77Xhh5mT9VW66QOHVL8vjXTYBEyxAaDi2pSsLrFk0mHfEZPfcYAism7h60rvp8J3U6DbaCEoF2EogKvXV2oJUvOy1s2vlPyx0t1R0VtqLcp91Y2pGCScDZrPuHalco/s200/IMG_0449.JPG" width="200" /></a>We also started a few new projects this summer. Thomas has increased
our efforts to understand the fish community by including cleaner goby abundance
in our reef surveys. He also filmed cleaning stations so we can better
understand the behaviors of cleaners, observe the reactions of other organisms to
the presence of cleaners and determine the overall impact these gobies might
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Randi continued her observations of damselfish territoriality
and we are happy to report they are still incredibly abundant and as feisty as
ever! We even caught a few damselfish that have taken up residence near our
coral transplants and tagged them using colored Elastomer. We hope we can use
these tags to identify individuals in October and estimate the duration of territoriality
in these Chihuahuas of the reef!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good Luck in Hawaii Lauren!</td></tr>
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Though she graduated, Lauren was able to spend some time in
the field this summer training Abby on the parrotfish territoriality project.
Abby hopes to increase our sampling effort across some new reefs and take more
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf2GaYq_BUrBavK37OsBbvxU0ve8sDKt6Oyeo2mKvkexMqcrbDOMVbe5E7c4gqXzecYCv3-dTk8I08oX72nmXJKBSzOU2WHUXh9Nrw_yH3AMASlq2ZkqFQ9VMi7N7LZtF6yZ4t7UQLVE/s1600/octopus4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf2GaYq_BUrBavK37OsBbvxU0ve8sDKt6Oyeo2mKvkexMqcrbDOMVbe5E7c4gqXzecYCv3-dTk8I08oX72nmXJKBSzOU2WHUXh9Nrw_yH3AMASlq2ZkqFQ9VMi7N7LZtF6yZ4t7UQLVE/s200/octopus4.JPG" width="200" /></a>We also had some of our new students travel to the Keys for
the first time! Sydney and Kyla got to experience scuba diving in the ocean for
the first time and saw turtles, sharks, eels, octopus and, of course, parrotfish. We made the trip a complete Keys experience by taking them to Robbie's Marine and feeding the tarpon!<br />
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International Coral Reef Symposium! I was able to meet some of the great
researchers in my field including Jeremy Jackson, Nancy Knowlton, and Deron
Burkepile. I also attended talks given by Peter Mumby, Bob Steneck, and Mark
Hixon, just to name a few. It was a wonderful and moving experience to be a
part of such an amazing group of people all working towards the same goal of
conserving coral reef ecosystems. Thank so much to my old Clemson friend Caitlyn
Genovese for putting me up and showing me the island!</div>
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Kylie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217335518857432682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-27278586712622934842015-12-10T21:56:00.000-05:002015-12-10T21:56:05.773-05:00TrialsThis semester, me and my partner got to further our trials and research of the declining conspecific attraction between Caribbean Spiny lobsters. We ran a series of trials giving two lobsters at a time a choice to either share a shelter or not. We came in the next morning to record their positions. We also utilized GoPros to record their nocturnal movements and whether or not they interacted with each other. This part of the experiment was aiming to look at how their original environmental factors, presence of shelter and prevalence of disease, affected their behaviors in a controlled setting. Our last facet of the experiment was to draw a blood sample from each lobster to genotype for the presence of PA-V1. The results we have analyzed so far are unexpected and do not follow along with our original hypothesis. We are very eager to continue analyzing our results, videos, blood samples and to begin thinking of new directions for next semester that could answer some of our remaining questions.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-77151012064780922762015-08-18T15:58:00.000-04:002015-08-18T15:58:17.613-04:00Another Wonderful Summer in the Field!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monitoring a transplanted coral on the reef</td></tr>
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We had another productive summer in the Childress Lab in the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. We were able to visit all of our reef
sites to conduct another round of reef surveys. I am happy to report that
parrotfish abundance and diversity remains high. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The coral fragments we transplanted three
years ago are still present and are showing some vibrant colors. Hopefully
these will continue to grow over the next few years. </div>
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This summer, we were able to have some new faces in the
field. Madison and Jaclyn were able to put their scuba certification to use for
their first dives in the ocean. We saw loggerhead sea turtles, sting rays,
nurse sharks, dolphins, plenty of parrotfish, vibrant corals and many other
marine organisms. Lauren and Randi also spent their summer in the Keys and were
able to establish independent projects, which is a first for our Conservation
of Marine Resources Creative Inquiry Team! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marker to determine territory size</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Lauren spent her time underwater following supermale redband
and stoplight parrotfishes to determine their territory size and the number of
other parrotfish they interacted with. This will hopefully bring us a step
closer to understanding how these parrotfish impact the coral reef ecosystem.
Randi spent her time watching bicolor and dusky damselfishes, the Chihuahuas of
the reef. These aggressive fish are commonly seen chasing many fish, including
parrotfish, from grazing on macroalgae and may have a strong impact on the
competitive interaction taking place between macroalgae and coral.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stay tuned for an update on what their data
reveals!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr. Rod Bertelsen with Captain K!</td></tr>
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We also had the opportunity to work with Dr. Rod Bertelsen
with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on a project
that tracked the movement of the Caribbean spiny lobsters. We placed acoustic
tags on the lobster’s backs and released them on the patch reefs of Coral
Gardens where an array of acoustic receivers will track their movement over the
next few weeks. <br />
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I am also very excited to report that this tagging project
has lead me into the next portion of my research and will play a major role in
my dissertation work. In October, I will be going back to the Florida Keys to
work with FWC and learn how to surgically insert these acoustic tags into
parrotfish! This will allow us to answer questions about where these parrotfish
go in the absence of divers. Stay tuned for more from the Childress Lab!</div>
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With great weather and a hardworking team, this summer was
an incredibly productive field season for the Childress Lab. I took several new
lab members to the Florida Keys to continue our research on parrotfish grazing
behavior and their impacts on coral reef health. This summer, we continued surveying
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>our reef sites to monitor the substrate
composition and parrotfish community structure across the middle Florida Keys.
We were fortunate enough to have five lab members travel to the Keys to learn
how to identify parrotfish and the substrate organisms that make up their
diets. For three of our team members, this trip included their first scuba dive
in the ocean! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With visits from turtles,
sharks, dolphins and manatees, this trip was an exciting one with many
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of the 84 corals we transplanted last June. I am happy to report that the
majority of these corals are looking healthy. Due to the rough winter, the
cages from last summer had to be pulled and replaced. After they were replaced,
we attached a Go Pro camera to each cage to film fish activity in the cages in
the absence of divers. The ACCIAC Fellowship recipient in our lab will be using
this footage to assess the difference in grazing rates and patterns of the
different species of parrotfish over this next year. </div>
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This summer, we also surveyed 18 new reef locations to help
us better understand how coral cover and parrotfish abundance changes across
the middle Florida Keys. This brings our reef locations to a total of 32! This
summer, we conducted a total of 960 focal observations on parrotfish! Thank you
team for all the hard work! I am excited to look at the data over the next
semester and see what new information we have gained that may help us understand how parrotfish impact coral reef ecosystems.</div>
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1984-Crystal River, FL</div>
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I saw my first West Indian Manatee (<em>Trichechus manatus</em>) while completing a SCUBA check-out dive in Crystal River, FL. Manatee populations are still very low, but have remained relatively stable over the past thirty years due to a concerted effort to minimize their sources of mortality. I still enjoy seeing the local manatees that live in the canals of Long Key, FL where we stay while conducting research in the Florida Keys.</div>
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My first research organism while an undergraduate researcher at the University of Tampa was the brackish-water rotifer, <em>Brachionus plicatilis</em>. We studied the mating behavior of these cycloparthenogenic plankton. Here a male rotifer (smaller) is attempting to mate with a female rotifer (larger). We used different behavioral essays to identify characteristics of the mate recognition glycoprotein. </div>
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1986-Key Largo, FL</div>
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My first open water SCUBA dives were in the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, FL. When I learned to dive, the reef was composed of nearly 35% live coral cover with big stands of elkhorn coral (<em>Acropora palmata</em>). Today this coral is considered an endangered species in the US and is rarely found in the Florida Keys. Much effort is underway to establish coral nurseries to help restock the <em>Acropora</em> population.</div>
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1987-Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary, FL</div>
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Before the establishment of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, there were a few smaller "no-take" marine protected areas in the Florida Keys. Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary was known for its high reef fish densities and diversity. Today there are many "no-take" marine protected zones throughout the FKNMS to help rebuild fish population numbers.</div>
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1988-Monterey Bay, CA</div>
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The tide pools of west coast of the US are an amazing place for marine invertebrates. One of my favorite study animals in the intertidal zone is the sea star<em> Pisaster ochraceus</em>. This "keystone" predator once dominated the community structure of the rocky intertidal zone by keeping mussels from excluding other sessile species from becoming established. However, a mass mortality of <em>Pisaster</em> has recently begun and is thought to be related to lethal pathogen.</div>
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1989-Berkeley, CA</div>
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My master's thesis at UC Berkeley studied the foraging behavior of the mantis shrimp <em>Gonodactylus bredini.</em> This cavity-dwelling smasher lived in the shallow seagrass beds of the Caribbean. Their superior eyesight and memory made them a challenge to design experiments designed to outwit them.</div>
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I spent a summer studying at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The summer course was on the Behavior of Coral Reef animals. It was an amazing experience to live and study so close to protected coral patch reefs. Here a pair of Moorish Idols (<em>Zanclus cornutus</em><strong>)</strong> swim in formation near the marine lab.</div>
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1991-Everglades National Park, FL</div>
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My dissertation research at Florida State University was on juvenile Caribbean spiny lobsters (<em>Panulirus argus</em>). In their nursery habitat of Florida Bay, early benthic juveniles (on the diver's glove) make a habitat transition from macroalgae to crevice shelters. This habitat transition is mediated by the odor of conspecifics that help to guide naïve lobsters toward crevice shelters, essential for avoiding fish predators.</div>
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Juvenile Caribbean spiny lobsters utilize large sponges such as this loggerhead sponge (<em>Spheciospongia vesparium</em>) as protection from predators. Beginning in 1991, massive blue-green algal blooms began to appear in Florida Bay killing these sponges by suffocation. Thousands of hectares of sponges died in 1991, 1992, and again in 2007. In areas without large sponges, the population of juvenile lobsters are mostly gone. Efforts to restore the sponge community are underway, but hampered by ongoing algal blooms.</div>
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1993-Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, FL</div>
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Caribbean spiny lobsters are gregarious and aggregate in crevice shelters. Over the years we have conducted numerous experiments to understand the benefit of aggregation. Our research suggests that by following conspecific odor cues, lobsters can more easily locate suitable crevice shelters that already contain other lobsters. However, this response to conspecific odor cues has been decreasing. It is unclear whether changes in water quality, increases in disease, or intense fishing pressure has caused this decline in lobster gregariousness. </div>
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For our honeymoon, Margaret and I visited the island of Saba and dove in one of the Caribbean's first marine protected areas. Here we see the long-spined sea urchin <em>Diadema antillarum</em>. Once the most abundant reef herbivore throughout the Caribbean, it nearly went extinct in 1983 due to a mass mortality caused by an unknown disease. Today, <em>Diadema</em> populations are still very low and their loss has been correlated with a significant increase in reef macroalgae. </div>
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In this photo from a small, deserted island north of Lee Stocking Island, we see two threatened species. The small lizard in the center of the photo is the northern Bahamian rock iguana (<i>Cyclura cychlura</i>), and the bleached shells are from the queen conch (<em>Strombus gigas</em>). Both iguanas and conch have been overharvested for food and have lost of critical habitat due to human development.</div>
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When Margaret and I took our first faculty positions at Idaho State University (Pocatello, ID) and Reed College (Portland, OR), we shifted some of our research efforts toward studies of trout, mountain lions, and elk conservation. We were fortunate enough to arrive during the re-introduction of the grey wolf (<em>Canis lupus</em>) in Yellowstone National Park. Here we see a gray wolf (possibly 167M) from the Druid Peak pack. The wolf reintroduction to Wyoming and Idaho was so successful that this once endangered species, has now been de-listed in three western states.</div>
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My graduate student Mark Lung and I conducted a four year study of the impact of the gray wolf reintroduction on the behavior of Rocky Mountain elk (<em>Cervus elaphus</em>). We compared the behaviors elk in different regions of the park before and after the establishment of wolf packs. Here we see the casual behavior of a herd of elk females near the Norris Geyser Basin prior to the arrival of resident wolves. As wolves became established across the park, the elk become more wary, changed their use of the riparian habitats, resulting in increased recruitment of tree, bird and beaver populations.</div>
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The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone also positively influenced the population numbers of grizzly bears (<em>Ursus horribilis</em>). Grizzlies rely on scavenging carcasses of elk, deer, bison and moose as part of their varied diet. With an increasing number of wolves in the park, grizzlies gained access to an increased number of carcasses leading to some spectacular disputes over carcass ownership. </div>
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Many of Yellowstone's ungulates have seasonal migrations from high elevations during the summer to low elevations during the winter. As a result, communities surrounding the park are having increased conflicts with wildlife coming into contact with livestock. Ranchers worry that American bison (<em>Bison bison</em>) may increase the risk of disease transmission (<em>Brucellosis</em>) to their cattle. As a result there are efforts underway to corral or harass bison back into the park to avoid developed ranch lands. </div>
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Trumpeter swans (<span class="_Yy kno-fv"><em>Cygnus buccinator</em>) </span>are one of the endangered bird species that have breeding populations within the greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Widespread development throughout the intermountain west has left little habitat for these and many other high elevation western species.</div>
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Margaret and her graduate student Shala Hankison conducted research on four species of sailfin mollies including <em>Poecilia velifera</em>. Their research found that female preference for larger body size interacted with natural selection constraints on male body size to produce a range of mating strategies within this diverse group of Mexican fishes. The native range of some of these species is now so small that the remaining populations are considered to be endangered.</div>
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In the mid 1970's corals throughout the Caribbean began showing signs of a disease called black band disease. Black band is caused by a pathogenic microbial mat consortium including a blue-green alga that gives it a distinctive redish-black color. Disease outbreaks have been linked to increases in eutrophication, warming waters and higher ocean acidification. </div>
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2004-Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, FL</div>
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The Caribbean reef shark (<i>Carcharhinus perezi</i>) is the most common shark in the Caribbean but have been declining in numbers worldwide. Sharks are top predators but have a very low level of reproduction and are susceptible to overfishing. Loss of top predators can have a dramatic influence on the structure of reef communities.</div>
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2005-Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, FL</div>
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Hawksbill turtles (<i>Eretmochelys imbricate</i>) are critically endangered world wide. Human hunting and loss of nesting beaches throughout their range has made their recovery very difficult. This individual was observed in the Cheeca Rocks Special Protected area of the FKNMS.</div>
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Purple tipped sea anemones (<em>Condylactis gigantea</em>) and spotted cleaner shrimps (<em>Periclimenes yucatanicus</em>) are prized additions to hobby aquarist reef tanks. As a result, overharvesting is likely the reason for their dramatic decline over the last two decades. Our studies found that spotted cleaner shrimp prefer to associate with purple tipped anemones over the more common corkscrew anemones (<em>Bartholomea annulata</em>). It remains to be seen if this shrimp species will be able to shift hosts and persist if it's preferred host is no longer available.</div>
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The Caribbean reef octopus (<em>Octopus briareus</em>) is a common resident in the shallow hard bottom habitats of Florida Bay. They often compete with juvenile spiny lobsters and stone crabs for crevice shelters. Lobsters regularly avoid contact with octopuses and will quickly abandon a crevice shelter if they smell an octopus nearby.</div>
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A unwelcome new addition to Florida Bay is the Asian paddle crab (<em>Charybdis japonica</em>). First documented in the Indian River Lagoon on the east coast of Florida, our team has documented the first recorded sightings for this species in the Florida Keys. It is unknown what the impact of this alien species will have on the native community of crabs in Florida Bay, but we continue to monitor its population numbers.</div>
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The Atlantic blue crab (<em>Calinectes sapidus</em>) is one of the most commercially important crustacean fisheries in the US. In South Carolina, blue crab numbers have been declining over the past two decades with the greatest declines in years of severe drought. My student Kirk Parmenter and I have been studying the reason for this decline and how it might be related to the change in marsh salinity profiles from wet to dry years. Crab disease (<em>Hematodinium</em>) increases during drought years which may explain part of the decline in blue crabs. </div>
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As part of Margaret's research on waterfall climbing stream gobies, we had an opportunity to return to Hawaii for some field work. We took the opportunity to dive on the Kona coast of the big island where large schools of manta rays (<em>Manta alfredi</em>) congregate in the plankton rich waters. Manta rays are considered vulnerable world wide due to overfishing. These gentle giants are filter-feeding planktivores that must eat large quantities of krill and other macroplankton to survive.</div>
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The American alligator (<em>Alligator mississippiensis</em>) populations are alive and well in South Carolina salt marshes. However, these voracious predators are showing dietary switching to feeding more on marine fishes and blue crabs. As much as 60-75% of an alligator's diet may be adult blue crabs and their predation increases during wet years when salinity levels are lowest.</div>
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Drought also has the potential to impact the reproduction and settlement of larval blue crabs. Gravid females mate upriver in freshwater and must migrate to open ocean habitats to release their zoea larvae. After a month in the plankton, the crab postlarva (megalopa - shown here) settle out the water column into saltmarsh grass. Drought has the potential to alter the success of blue crab settlers.</div>
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To better understand the factors limiting the success of corals in the Florida Keys, my graduate student Kylie Smith and I have initiated a coral growth and survival study. Coral fragments of mustard hill coral (<em>Porites astreoides</em> - shown above) and smooth starlet coral (<em>Siderastera siderea</em>) were transplanted onto seven reefs in the middle Florida Keys. Some corals were caged and others were left uncaged to measure the impact of algal competition and parrotfish grazers.</div>
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Parrotfishes including this midnight parrotfish (<em>Scarus coelestinus</em>) are known to graze on both macroalgae and corals. Our study seeks to understand whether the net benefit of parrotfish grazing of macroalgae outweighs occasional grazing on the most common reef corals. Although parrotfish do take bites of corals, they show much higher preference for fleshy macroalgae or turf algae depending on their dentition. </div>
<br />Michael Childresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338717232336200047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-21912579300922566982014-04-18T15:33:00.000-04:002014-04-18T15:35:25.499-04:00Diving on the Reef and Dancing on the Roof<!--[if !mso]>
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I joined the Childress Lab spring semester 2014 as
a volunteer laboratory technician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At
the time, I was about eight months into my gap year from graduating the
University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a B.S. in Marine Biology and
Environmental Science and a minor in chemistry. Needless to say I was a tad
burned out by the end of my senior year of undergrad so I chose to take a year
off for myself before pursuing graduate school. At the start of my year, I
contacted and applied to graduate schools and obtained a short-termed
scientific diving job. However, eight months out, I was living at home, and was
in need of something to preoccupy my day with so I linked up with a local dive
shop to increase my diving experience. It was that one step that changed the
rest of my gap year for the better. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through SCUBA, I met Kylie Smith, an open
water SCUBA instructor and a master’s degree student at Clemson University
studying ecological dynamics between parrotfish, corals, and macroalgae in the
middle Florida Keys. After speaking with her for a while and meeting with Dr.
Childress, I officially became part of the lab. I was willing and ready to take
on anything they asked of me because it meant that I was staying involved with
a lab and being a science-nerd, it also meant I was having fun. I spent a good
part of my time in front of a computer analyzing images taken in the field and
estimating coral area, perimeter, and macroalgae abundance to better understand
what was happening to the corals Kylie and her previous research team
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In March, I was finally able to see first hand what the reef
environment in all of the photographs truly looked liked by traveling to the
Keys to help with Kylie’s research. Since I was the newbie, I carefully
observed and assisted when I needed to and learned to identify the various
parrotfish species that reside on the reefs. Although we had a few misfortunes
(spun propeller, crazy winds, huge waves, and Portuguese Man-O-War) that
prevented us from visiting all of the sites; even on the worst day, I couldn’t
help but to smile and enjoy my time there. Nothing beats being out on the water
with a great team of people.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYWJkxdBYQWAML4HwouXoVYHurD3Ks2SxG8-AMPO2Ot6Hso1Q5XTde02d4cITQ8xuYhZyLJWnVIVP-tv7TnIICA2P1P3AxXoTH7z3-IApsRIxDQJOxqiXgXfzRz7C0nbecKjELayZMKQ/s1600/BEM+poster+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYWJkxdBYQWAML4HwouXoVYHurD3Ks2SxG8-AMPO2Ot6Hso1Q5XTde02d4cITQ8xuYhZyLJWnVIVP-tv7TnIICA2P1P3AxXoTH7z3-IApsRIxDQJOxqiXgXfzRz7C0nbecKjELayZMKQ/s1600/BEM+poster+pic.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a>From the Keys, we drove to Jacksonville, FL to attend the
2014 Benthic Ecology Meeting (BEM). From my research experience as an
undergraduate I heard how great of an opportunity the BEM was so I was honored
and thrilled to be attending with the Clemson/Childress crew. I conversed with
several members of the marine science community, presented a poster on the
coral transplant data, and listened to various research focused oral
presentations. The last day of the conference was very entertaining as we were
able to tour the Science and History Museum in downtown Jacksonville, mingle,
and enjoy dinner and dancing on the roof of the museum. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8wl8h4rrXwamVQvu9ciXI6LcuO7p_pyRd1S1wbsWfefzkK15klvM-v1AnF7tqdtwpVCGBcglkPGFY4sNVZn89X6SO_pFK8NNee-UH9K5lFROG7nQkAKDqLPdghS6wdOSRS1kqrFlrHo/s1600/Sunset+on+roof.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8wl8h4rrXwamVQvu9ciXI6LcuO7p_pyRd1S1wbsWfefzkK15klvM-v1AnF7tqdtwpVCGBcglkPGFY4sNVZn89X6SO_pFK8NNee-UH9K5lFROG7nQkAKDqLPdghS6wdOSRS1kqrFlrHo/s1600/Sunset+on+roof.jpg" height="112" width="200" /></a>When we returned to Clemson, I was asked what my favorite
part of the trip was…my reply: “Diving on the reef and dancing on the roof.”
However, in all honesty my favorite part was everything. My opportunities in
the lab have not only allowed me to stay busy and have fun with marine biology,
it has allowed me to enhance my lab, field, and diving skills as well as make
friends with a great group of people. Although, I am not sure where I will be
by the end of this year, be it as close as attending graduate school in
Charleston or as far as New Zealand, I will always be able to look back on my
experience in the Childress lab and smile. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_swII4G2SjOQpoP6evyQNoNC_O_2UzNUtmPNg8IdUEhizchseaiTnGmvFEJaHsZ9MChCUecHdARUB5N_WRK0XrP16zWabZFbsILyTkKf7a4HRP1VWSWaT5QNDj-C4dpjxeuIoBNNq-c/s1600/Goby+Girls.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_swII4G2SjOQpoP6evyQNoNC_O_2UzNUtmPNg8IdUEhizchseaiTnGmvFEJaHsZ9MChCUecHdARUB5N_WRK0XrP16zWabZFbsILyTkKf7a4HRP1VWSWaT5QNDj-C4dpjxeuIoBNNq-c/s1600/Goby+Girls.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a><span id="goog_2077959471"></span><span id="goog_2077959472"></span>This semester has been an incredibly busy and productive one
for the Childress lab! We started out presenting four posters at the Clemson
University Biological Sciences Annual Student Symposium. We had a poster that examined
the relationships between macroalgae, parrotfish and coral in the middle Florida
Keys and one that looked at the dietary preferences of the parrotfish species
in on the reefs in the Keys. We also had a team present a poster on the denning
behaviors of juvenile spiny lobsters and the population structure and adaptations
of the Hawaiian stream goby. Each of our presenters did a great job.
Congratulations to Sarah Hoffmann for winning third place for best
undergraduate poster!</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUw5HH35cus6EpXD-k35tq8RzAUEu6ZiNKBquwcTuf961UbJML2tPAKRN70M0J1b-1jGo5VwLTxM6AYRO1hPQz1_1w36LI01YZgm3zoD4lCjq1TjvZRw7ZePN2I31Du-IFdNeZaTcV6Vg/s1600/Lobster+Girls+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUw5HH35cus6EpXD-k35tq8RzAUEu6ZiNKBquwcTuf961UbJML2tPAKRN70M0J1b-1jGo5VwLTxM6AYRO1hPQz1_1w36LI01YZgm3zoD4lCjq1TjvZRw7ZePN2I31Du-IFdNeZaTcV6Vg/s1600/Lobster+Girls+2.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a>This semester, we conducted our first spring monitoring trip
in the Florida Keys during spring break! We were excited to see several of our
cages still in place and coral transplants still doing well. The parrotfish
were still as abundant as ever and continued grazing during observations. I am
looking forward to spending another summer in the Keys.<br />
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After a week in the Florida Keys, we headed north to
Jacksonville for the annual Benthic Ecology Meeting. We were so proud to
represent the Childress lab with three poster presentations and three oral
presentations. These included oral presentatio<br />
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Brandt Quirk-Royal, a first for the Childress lab!<br />
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Back in Clemson, our lab presented four posters at the Focus
on Creative Inquiry Poster Forum on April 3<sup>rd</sup>. Each poster was
judged by faculty and graduate students on objectives, clarity of the project
and results, and overall presentation. Congratulations to Brandt Quirk-Royal
for winning first place out of 140 posters!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi15Xr_J07dmPebcmMPx3ZpV59cz1OBm8sCBrQ-OZ_C0zfIIv_ltsAW6Rhl6-2DD9EV-prMF8XTBM6vJB9RAbtVXk1vIJD0iqz8vei4UHvnzaVv3C4tnNz62O6hfd7cQ5TIGQFRpUB_vQ/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi15Xr_J07dmPebcmMPx3ZpV59cz1OBm8sCBrQ-OZ_C0zfIIv_ltsAW6Rhl6-2DD9EV-prMF8XTBM6vJB9RAbtVXk1vIJD0iqz8vei4UHvnzaVv3C4tnNz62O6hfd7cQ5TIGQFRpUB_vQ/s1600/photo.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a>This semester, our Creative Inquiry will be graduating four
senior students. Their contribution to our lab and family has been monumental
and we are so proud to see them continue on. Katie Cunningham will be attending
dental school at the Medical University of South Carolina this summer in
Charleston. Sarah Hoffmann will be moving to Boca Raton where she will be
attending graduate school at Florida Atlantic University, where she will be
studying lionfish. Brandt Quirk-Royal will be heading to North Carolina to work
with the Bald Head Island Conservancy with their sea turtle protection program.
Julianna Ellis is currently in the interviewing process with Disney to work in
the Nemo and Friends Exhibit with the dolphins and manatees. </div>
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Congratulations to all of our graduates! Good luck with your
future endeavors and keep in touch! </div>
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This summer we will also be welcoming four new students to
the Creative Inquiry team: Kelan Drake-Lavelle, Daniel Coster, Randi Sims, and
Jared Stevens. They will be joining Emily O’Connor and Taylor Burgess in the fall
to begin a new year of data analysis and presentations! Welcome!</div>
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Our Conservation of Marine Resources Creative Inquiry Team created this informational video highlighting student research being conducted in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. In this first episode of Bottoms Up in the FKNMS Kylie Smith from Clemson University describes her ongoing research project.Michael Childresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338717232336200047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-45335979702693450022013-08-29T16:11:00.000-04:002013-08-29T16:11:03.862-04:00Childress Lab Summer 2013<br />
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this past summer back in the middle Florida Keys. We started the summer out
with a new course in Marine Ecology, where 6 undergraduate students from
Clemson made the long drive to the Keys while towing our 18’ Parker. Each day
in the field the class set out on the water to learn about a new ecosystem. </span></div>
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snorkeling journey through the mangroves where we identified algae, sponges,
fish, and other organisms. We also did plankton tows from the Everglades National
Park in the Florida Bay across to the Atlantic Ocean. Along the way we took
water samples, visibility information and substrate composition data. From the
data collected, we tracked changes in water quality, plankton abundance and
substrate composition over several miles. </span></div>
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undergraduate students picked a topic to study as an independent project. Sarah
and Katherine decide to study the distribution of queen conch off Indian Key
State Park. With the help of the class, they set up transects in the water and
marked the location of each conch. They also noted the substrate composition
near each conch. Their results showed that conch distribution is best predicted
by the presence of other conch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While snorkeling off
Indian Key, I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw a large, dark object
coming towards me. Panic filled me as I thought of bull sharks but once I focused,
my fear became joy as the manatee swam past me. The animal glided past not
being slowed by the presence of observers. </span><br />
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rented kayaks from the Long Key State Park and paddled our way around Long Key
Lake. We stopped at different stations to take water quality data and estimate
the abundance of upside down jellyfish at each station. Teams of two paddled
their way down a 25 M transect line, attempting to keep the kayak straight.
Rachel and Justyn found that upside down jelly fish distribution can be
predicted by higher salinity and lower pH. </span></div>
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the Marine Ecology class was studying lobster behavior in a salinity gradient.
Juvenile lobsters collected from sites in Florida Bay were used to determine
the salinity preferences and tolerances of the Caribbean spiny lobsters. Kelsey
and Alex found that juvenile lobsters preferred the higher salinity water no
matter the gender or presence of another lobster. </span></div>
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Ecology class we found time to play hard as well as work hard. We took a day
off the water and toured the Turtle Hospital in Marathon. We learned about how
they take turtles in, provide treatment and homes for them, and how they
release the turtles back to the wild. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the tour, we headed to Key West to show
the class members the Key West aquarium, historic restaurants, and even stopped
at Margaritaville for dinner. At sunset, we made our way to Mallory Square to
watch street performers, a Key West tradition. </span></div>
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Marine Ecology course by celebrating with another Keys tradition, the Full Moon
Party at Morada Bay. Great food, music and dancers filled the evening followed by
fireworks. At the end of June, the Marine Ecology course traveled back to
Clemson with Dr. Childress. I stayed behind with two undergrad assistants,
Brandt and Sarah, to conduct my own research. </span></div>
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second field season for a new project in the Childress Lab. We are observing
parrotfish grazing behavior to study their impacts on coral species in the
Florida Keys. We started the month of July off by conducting surveys of patch
reefs to collect data on parrotfish abundance, parrotfish behavior, and
substrate composition. Each reef was swarming with colorful reef fish,
barracuda, turtles, and even sharks. Brandt and even saw a pod of dolphins swim
past. Every day we got in the water, we never knew what we would see. </span></div>
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Ecology class, not every day was all work. We headed to Key West for a day of
fun diving, sightseeing and shopping! We also took a day to visit The Theatre
of the Sea to watch the dolphin and sea lion shows. </span></div>
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came back to the Keys to help us install cages on the reef. These cages will
allow us to monitor the impacts of parrotfish grazing on specific coral
fragments that we transplanted. They will also allow us to monitor the impacts of
macroalgae competition on coral growth. Every day we loaded the boat down with
cages, diving equipment, and hammers to install the cages. Dr. Childress
hammered in four rebar stakes for each cage and I affixed the coral fragments
to the reef. Brandt and Sarah, an extremely helpful part of our team, came
behind to install the cages made of vexar mesh and PVC pipe to the rebar. We
photographed the corals once they were installed in the cages to monitor the
condition of each fragment. It is our hope to visit the cages in October to
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and I owe it to the many assistants that helped. The members of the Childress
lab and Marine Ecology course were an incredible asset in the field helping to
collect algae, build cages, swim cages to divers, install the cages, and many
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returning back to the Keys in October. </span></div>
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Kylie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217335518857432682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-81291688905005279422011-05-28T19:41:00.010-04:002011-05-28T20:31:29.872-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp2XU6-5hKa5tQ8HM0vRb9SdqlMmC4aUoZg2GBkrC4eruGtWYRD6fU298bxjFzGtn1n1eTdcbG-e18Wz-PmbJNGxhqXoR81ckCNBJusW7AHkYhhyOLDKQR840rVktiH9QtOVxPZldtw/s1600/IMG_3529.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 77px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp2XU6-5hKa5tQ8HM0vRb9SdqlMmC4aUoZg2GBkrC4eruGtWYRD6fU298bxjFzGtn1n1eTdcbG-e18Wz-PmbJNGxhqXoR81ckCNBJusW7AHkYhhyOLDKQR840rVktiH9QtOVxPZldtw/s200/IMG_3529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611927782751175010" border="0" /></a>After a week of checking our field site, our first batch of lobsters is no where to be found! Although none of our experimental lobsters were located, we did have three resident lobsters stay on the site for the entire week. We tracked each resident lobster by a unique color combination of antennae tags. We also determined the sex and carapace length of each resident lobster.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTVnuA-oEsn8gb2L1Y1LEgJUayYtBV_jnoZY95L3Dkf2R_pM74W2VYW1_bWuNRTU67IMc4fT89436M7Oamz2qeC7Y79Rm5qj_VpFuBVHAc-uUp_5tBq9_9t02RETgEaTPjcFWpQnw7g/s1600/IMG_3522.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTVnuA-oEsn8gb2L1Y1LEgJUayYtBV_jnoZY95L3Dkf2R_pM74W2VYW1_bWuNRTU67IMc4fT89436M7Oamz2qeC7Y79Rm5qj_VpFuBVHAc-uUp_5tBq9_9t02RETgEaTPjcFWpQnw7g/s200/IMG_3522.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611925860290127426" border="0" /></a><br />Today <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bfIpXeK6mlU4xfCIyZZGvk7L1S2cx9FvzTvgzpWKQ43HrsZMXOeoxgdW_Y6bZEDaZRFHl411hPXG7F8lkbWLfmryzfmcQjHucg1rFe3K6mgBxZemcMGd3PYQDRjDgqJD5APo4mu_ng/s1600/IMG_3514.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 85px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bfIpXeK6mlU4xfCIyZZGvk7L1S2cx9FvzTvgzpWKQ43HrsZMXOeoxgdW_Y6bZEDaZRFHl411hPXG7F8lkbWLfmryzfmcQjHucg1rFe3K6mgBxZemcMGd3PYQDRjDgqJD5APo4mu_ng/s200/IMG_3514.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611928456238592258" border="0" /></a>we released our second batch of lobsters at a new site. Our second site contains no artificial shelters unlike our first site (which contained artificial shelters). We will continue to monitor our first site along with our second site. It is important to continue checking our first site in case our experimental lobsters return. This will help us determine whether we should check sites for more than one week after an experimental release.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhQzZzO-LgQQcqFvEuictqNY1hCfQTnH2qwUEGDKxbAf8rVCil58Zk5NDfIGfeSpgsPxZLFxmr7hgHATr5mPDxY_DIU91o2kSe83XurK1gO-NgIVE_I9unTJq1VKOTzsZx_a24YdeoA/s1600/IMG_3533.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhQzZzO-LgQQcqFvEuictqNY1hCfQTnH2qwUEGDKxbAf8rVCil58Zk5NDfIGfeSpgsPxZLFxmr7hgHATr5mPDxY_DIU91o2kSe83XurK1gO-NgIVE_I9unTJq1VKOTzsZx_a24YdeoA/s200/IMG_3533.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611920878606629634" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-58088352286872935282011-05-23T11:13:00.007-04:002011-05-23T12:35:37.014-04:00As promised here are some pictures of our first site release. The first step was to catch all the lobsters out of our mesocosm using hand nets and tickle sticks. The tickle sticks are a great tool that we use to help walk our lobsters into our nets.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCWGuPU_jD_DgYuIJEJmsERyP65BKcHX7dVdRLm1seJKGJFImYbjcYIc2smvYT7yfLLUpNljVVeU372F5T-Ud9oolkteRCguwgRJLNxB-BXxm9VvviAmI2AZFqehq6wkyIYJFg1l6ow/s1600/IMG_3366.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCWGuPU_jD_DgYuIJEJmsERyP65BKcHX7dVdRLm1seJKGJFImYbjcYIc2smvYT7yfLLUpNljVVeU372F5T-Ud9oolkteRCguwgRJLNxB-BXxm9VvviAmI2AZFqehq6wkyIYJFg1l6ow/s200/IMG_3366.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609946623184437042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzomx6p77uKV_ohItz-HDTtOhaHgYpg4n0_rWshBvVRSqqqBgJFIaQ_KNc1e7nOBLHZRXghyphenhyphendpWG-0byamelKl2TxKLgMl5MP3nehpSseRKoB9fEl8EROrN9acEkHxCLGvoFSl9Wliww/s1600/IMG_3407.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzomx6p77uKV_ohItz-HDTtOhaHgYpg4n0_rWshBvVRSqqqBgJFIaQ_KNc1e7nOBLHZRXghyphenhyphendpWG-0byamelKl2TxKLgMl5MP3nehpSseRKoB9fEl8EROrN9acEkHxCLGvoFSl9Wliww/s200/IMG_3407.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609941973245988050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Then, the lobsters were loaded into a cooler and placed on the Parker. We drove out to our first experimental site, which was where we set up our transect the previous day. Each lobster was removed from the boat and gently placed into or near a shelter. Both artificial and natural shelters were used. To observe the denning behavior and dispersal of resident lobsters, we also tagged lobsters that were already on the site. These were lobsters that were not used previously in our experiment, but happened to be utilizing shelters within our site. During the next week, we will be checking the site daily to see where our lobsters are!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNL4D62w7D_dzE2ogul6ddUDD-6uzOAKTWQ1zoqU6rDA4SyGNdT9SN7m68XRTze50Bp6yr9Dc0N5AMuotFfIUZx-mKssXQhGlSKhDAt053I-G-_s6ddPBaqnbC7l8sJ04wSWh9I8Vzw/s1600/IMG_3355.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNL4D62w7D_dzE2ogul6ddUDD-6uzOAKTWQ1zoqU6rDA4SyGNdT9SN7m68XRTze50Bp6yr9Dc0N5AMuotFfIUZx-mKssXQhGlSKhDAt053I-G-_s6ddPBaqnbC7l8sJ04wSWh9I8Vzw/s200/IMG_3355.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609936281966270834" border="0" /></a></div><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwKvVMHEZ96xgweUp7_8XjnZFbPRhAmvult9q73ba582jMu1Tg1RZuJqdZ-S1BOX-wbC36UOoCcAs7deTkhHX5Hv6bM1DspWxu7Xr7oaxsjZjolJ1SKFlJeD4o-CCox1-kCGYl7O2dQ/s1600/IMG_3381.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwKvVMHEZ96xgweUp7_8XjnZFbPRhAmvult9q73ba582jMu1Tg1RZuJqdZ-S1BOX-wbC36UOoCcAs7deTkhHX5Hv6bM1DspWxu7Xr7oaxsjZjolJ1SKFlJeD4o-CCox1-kCGYl7O2dQ/s200/IMG_3381.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609944764897190578" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-80901141078701047182011-05-20T19:56:00.005-04:002011-05-20T20:37:16.625-04:00Field Release Tomorrow!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTyDqXtQVbqAY70LbPoc9Dv-qSU1XsIV93LpGI2R-KUTMeDuXqw6QeLMcupaHS2XR4-MZU_vo0QlOMhgnMxTMp_6qiaIupJkUUvDO-QSG8kY4SJqwTlZRtwDmK0cXK0f0eQLermrLMQ/s1600/IMG_3226.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTyDqXtQVbqAY70LbPoc9Dv-qSU1XsIV93LpGI2R-KUTMeDuXqw6QeLMcupaHS2XR4-MZU_vo0QlOMhgnMxTMp_6qiaIupJkUUvDO-QSG8kY4SJqwTlZRtwDmK0cXK0f0eQLermrLMQ/s200/IMG_3226.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608960890693146994" border="0" /></a>For the past week, we have been examining the denning behavior of 20 spiny lobsters in an enclosed area (mesocosm) that contains ten artificial shelters. Each morning, we snorkeled the mesocosm and recorded where the animals are. We can tell each animal apart because they have a unique combination of colored antennae tags. After four days, we reduced the number of artificial shelters in the mesocosm to five to examine whether habitat loss will result in a change in denning behavior.<br /><br />Now that we know the dominance status of each individual and have examined their denning behavior in an enclosed area, we are ready for the final stage of our experiment. Tomorrow we will be releasing our first set of 20 spiny lobsters onto a field site to examine their denning behavior and dispersal in the natural environment. To prepare for our first release, we placed weighted transect lines along our sites. Using transect lines allows us to locate specific structures and to easily navigate our sites. Some great pictures of this process will be posted soon!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-33429364503667349392011-05-16T13:49:00.010-04:002011-05-16T20:34:59.979-04:00The many sizes and shapes of lobstersSpiny lobsters have a complex life cycle. It begins when females travel to deeper, colder waters to release their young. The females fan their telson (or tail), and the larvae drift off into ocean currents without any parental care! At this stage, the transparent lobsters are referred to as phyllosome larvae.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoVvW9EaxFVr_6V5PICjPVbyPwmWOwYu673h5Hp7kfuBH9JK8CxaZTI9NelRF-C6ccPV7Ksnuswvxmt67pFY6lugLbN9AeXOnQAW97cCgc8XFx1tzjOByTOhkCybOW6bvr93qujP6NQ/s1600/IMG_3347.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoVvW9EaxFVr_6V5PICjPVbyPwmWOwYu673h5Hp7kfuBH9JK8CxaZTI9NelRF-C6ccPV7Ksnuswvxmt67pFY6lugLbN9AeXOnQAW97cCgc8XFx1tzjOByTOhkCybOW6bvr93qujP6NQ/s200/IMG_3347.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607474723264599554" border="0" /></a><br />As they complete all eleven stages of their development, spiny lobsters begin to look more like adult lobsters and are called puerulus larvae. It is a long journey (6-12 months), and as the surviving larvae grow, they begin to settle on hard bottom habitats. At this stage, spiny lobsters are solitary and have banded legs which aid in camouflage (see picture above). Spiny lobsters become social when they grow larger and migrate out of algal habitats.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-19941622454365219282011-05-15T16:08:00.015-04:002011-05-15T19:48:50.284-04:00Tracking juvenile lobsters using acoustic tags<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQZG9QVTtUCKXyuqzAtHxIMXshnhSSzua8MDxaovtpdmeC48oJcd99G2lNDjBYkfRzl5e4sTmbbnLPwzGb5bxbrx8sKni1_NcUieqS2LJfG6cBivPhDTTafLBcpuVJLBMBhTgyz9Mwzk/s1600/Picture+051.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQZG9QVTtUCKXyuqzAtHxIMXshnhSSzua8MDxaovtpdmeC48oJcd99G2lNDjBYkfRzl5e4sTmbbnLPwzGb5bxbrx8sKni1_NcUieqS2LJfG6cBivPhDTTafLBcpuVJLBMBhTgyz9Mwzk/s400/Picture+051.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607042567624988226" /></a><br />Have you ever wondered where lobsters go when they leave their homes? Lobsters like all animals have to go find food, avoid scary predators, and make it home safely each day. What makes this particularly difficult to study is the fact that lobsters are nocturnal (active at night). That means while we're asleep in our beds, these lobsters are just waking up to go exploring. So how do marine biologists study the behavior of lobsters at night?<br /><br />One way is to use acoustic tags. The small transmitter attached to the back of the lobster above sends out a signal a regular intervals (every 90 seconds). With the proper receivers set in the water, it is possible to track the movements of a tagged lobster without even being there. Here's how it works...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1RyO40woR8HLtlA4K_cxGDH8__C4CI3_IlaRsNF9CkA6LoiUj5H9Zghd4v8umdqOEbyjbhymRdbefc3z3J5sPyusPdyiZprO3pDhKZDLehLvnghabuEO9I4PMUd7VO-_mdjkSvJA7xo/s1600/Picture+024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1RyO40woR8HLtlA4K_cxGDH8__C4CI3_IlaRsNF9CkA6LoiUj5H9Zghd4v8umdqOEbyjbhymRdbefc3z3J5sPyusPdyiZprO3pDhKZDLehLvnghabuEO9I4PMUd7VO-_mdjkSvJA7xo/s400/Picture+024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607041019788175778" /></a><br />First, you need a set of acoustic tag receivers. Think of these as small radio receivers that operate on batteries and are water-tight. Here we have 10 radio receivers mounted in stands and ready to be placed underwater. Once in the water the receivers can keep track of many different lobsters at the same time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIZJu2d-RJPwVXM-tKZ5SFPlv_A9QJ21D4FWw5_BY0mM1_sobeDLkQH0IOOVD1S-O3quGc5BcalCg9rkG9RrE_yxxm30IvHfq1CFqSosOvR0z8Xvlm0fhAx5xk7Op42acY2nVdN5fXzk/s1600/Picture+026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIZJu2d-RJPwVXM-tKZ5SFPlv_A9QJ21D4FWw5_BY0mM1_sobeDLkQH0IOOVD1S-O3quGc5BcalCg9rkG9RrE_yxxm30IvHfq1CFqSosOvR0z8Xvlm0fhAx5xk7Op42acY2nVdN5fXzk/s400/Picture+026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607040402546997266" /></a><br />Our experiment relies on the expertise of our friend and senior research biologist Dr. Rodney Bertelsen of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. Dr. Rod is an expert at tracking marine animals using acoustic tags. He usually tracks the big adult lobsters out along the coral reef, but for this experiment, he is helping us to track our juvenile lobsters in Florida Bay. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aC6KlNhMpE66r5r5-yEsWmU-mw01RGX0tT-dI8CvIUuPoAgtT74BDKDMZfbvWMS4_CYQAfSv612Wj_Vur8Cuaf2b9xn_b6V65f2tvYVlyL2vJqVq66iiwjjW1SGtYc2qKvJr0JI8kHc/s1600/Picture+032.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aC6KlNhMpE66r5r5-yEsWmU-mw01RGX0tT-dI8CvIUuPoAgtT74BDKDMZfbvWMS4_CYQAfSv612Wj_Vur8Cuaf2b9xn_b6V65f2tvYVlyL2vJqVq66iiwjjW1SGtYc2qKvJr0JI8kHc/s400/Picture+032.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607039913995777346" /></a><br />The first step is careful placement of the receivers in a pattern on the ocean floor. On our study site this is shallow water, only about 2 meters deep and the receivers are placed about 20 meters apart. Dr. Mike drives the boat very carefully checking his GPS to find the exact spot for Dr. Rod to release the receiver.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UpTwLzHOs_aT3Kry1w5l2TO3kg_frc62HLhyphenhyphenN7ARI2pfY-07O9E1sb01rPL1tRcyQ7iwSmy22v10lSPho9vVWja37MeSLh9wu2xWWVUHcDnid6C2g4EwcDxqmbZecX6erTKumLPri4E/s1600/Picture+043.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UpTwLzHOs_aT3Kry1w5l2TO3kg_frc62HLhyphenhyphenN7ARI2pfY-07O9E1sb01rPL1tRcyQ7iwSmy22v10lSPho9vVWja37MeSLh9wu2xWWVUHcDnid6C2g4EwcDxqmbZecX6erTKumLPri4E/s400/Picture+043.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607043114393089986" /></a><br />Next, it is time to catch some juvenile lobsters to participate in our experiment. Here Dr. Mike dives down with a hand net to collect a juvenile lobster. The water is a little murky today because the wind has mixed up the sediment making it hard to see very far. A total of three lobsters are collected and returned to the boat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjum2obn-6dSQ6TMoWyzMeWKXxtGcGj0BEhw5MWBWMBZenptNY0ZeuGk8Xel9rK89hBLl1i8L8OiwYmgy1p8_K7PTQ5dF6JRbcBzxdfv4yHb8I4MjsSLWoQsUlEfcmj7GL69xO3G3D3RtU/s1600/Picture+075.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjum2obn-6dSQ6TMoWyzMeWKXxtGcGj0BEhw5MWBWMBZenptNY0ZeuGk8Xel9rK89hBLl1i8L8OiwYmgy1p8_K7PTQ5dF6JRbcBzxdfv4yHb8I4MjsSLWoQsUlEfcmj7GL69xO3G3D3RtU/s400/Picture+075.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607039243911470610" /></a><br />Dr. Rod carefully attaches the acoustic tag to the shell of the lobster using Super Glue. This sounds painful (and should not be tried at home) but it is harmless to the lobster because their shell is hard. The glue will keep the tag attached for a week or two until the lobster has its next molt. Then as the lobster crawls out of its old skin it will leave the tag behind. Dr. Rod also places a bright yellow tag on the base of the antennae. Can you see the yellow tag in the picture? This helps the divers to recognize a tagged lobster once released.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtDbdFzIAQJEtbDX7sugiK0Ym2edgxy9X4XyimQfigYKLb5OLLCzg-gUpcb9xB2PEiPdpj4l3AyFs0psbLQ7zfbZ0xXGR-_7qm8uCcNzV35O9lD-bLNAT8S2yistSDMHLyrh02EVRVFY/s1600/Picture+049.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtDbdFzIAQJEtbDX7sugiK0Ym2edgxy9X4XyimQfigYKLb5OLLCzg-gUpcb9xB2PEiPdpj4l3AyFs0psbLQ7zfbZ0xXGR-_7qm8uCcNzV35O9lD-bLNAT8S2yistSDMHLyrh02EVRVFY/s400/Picture+049.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607038751865560178" /></a><br />Now the time has come to release the tagged lobster. Dr. Mike carefully swims the animal back to the same shelter where it was collected. It is not known if lobsters keep the same shelter night after night, but we hope to find out from this experiment. By the end of the day we release three tagged lobsters known by their tag colors as RY, LY, and YY.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLISfKUBuT40Q0Bi1tNDzFbJyj9jXJ9O8RTPkEl42AWhl1gC_NvKehOqqRUZCnldxE32StPYo6J_1GjmKR8naFZP-3HRDhtYCaLHxVLEYz7mroSGwfEM5Ki-PtCnAgQg8Sc6CMW97llAc/s1600/Picture+055+enhanced.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLISfKUBuT40Q0Bi1tNDzFbJyj9jXJ9O8RTPkEl42AWhl1gC_NvKehOqqRUZCnldxE32StPYo6J_1GjmKR8naFZP-3HRDhtYCaLHxVLEYz7mroSGwfEM5Ki-PtCnAgQg8Sc6CMW97llAc/s400/Picture+055+enhanced.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607038011929952626" /></a><br />Here is lobster RY in his home shelter, an concrete block. This is where he was released on Day 0. We note this on a map printed on waterproof paper. We carry this map on a clipboard underwater each day when we search for our tagged lobsters.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-9JAqUG3Jryf_IlvJsnoodtyfxZ4jgJoUic2Ks2ACLbJS851iTaEkHazYw_PrEMfJJo4EvivowiYbYDapIAwKP4xkW5rj9x2Y9wRiGYXujQknbfJ6nFxcH0yMiqFzebMUrI2O3Rf6Ow/s1600/Picture+041.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-9JAqUG3Jryf_IlvJsnoodtyfxZ4jgJoUic2Ks2ACLbJS851iTaEkHazYw_PrEMfJJo4EvivowiYbYDapIAwKP4xkW5rj9x2Y9wRiGYXujQknbfJ6nFxcH0yMiqFzebMUrI2O3Rf6Ow/s400/Picture+041.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607044283543903426" /></a><br />Meanwhile, our acoustic receivers are listening for the 'ping' of each acoustic tag. When a 'ping' is heard it is recorded along with the time of day. Later when we recover the receivers and download the data to a computer, we will know which receivers heard from each lobster. As the lobsters move around, they will only be received by the closest receivers. That way we can estimate their location at all hours of the day and night.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh041gaH1vlMCJysHce0jdQ5UruXpxdB42CV2zCYnCZD3FO2VrbF5Y3aHFlt5CgpugV1qRjuKM1qw7AnM93UTBgLX4DNtzuV_4Pkz1-9q3O-CGXGJRuCZ1U3jeM1mtJVq3cgd5eOxROSNM/s1600/Picture+072.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh041gaH1vlMCJysHce0jdQ5UruXpxdB42CV2zCYnCZD3FO2VrbF5Y3aHFlt5CgpugV1qRjuKM1qw7AnM93UTBgLX4DNtzuV_4Pkz1-9q3O-CGXGJRuCZ1U3jeM1mtJVq3cgd5eOxROSNM/s400/Picture+072.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607044974104527954" /></a><br />Today is Day 5 and we checked on the location of the lobsters on Days 2 and 4. Lobster RY was found in a hole about 2 meters from it's original release point on both Days 2 & 4. Lobster YY was found 1 meter from it's release point on Day 2 and then 8 meters away on Day 4. Lobster LY was not found on either Day 2 or Day 4, but that doesn't mean its left the site. We'll have to wait until we check the data from the receivers to know if and when it left the area. Check back soon to see what happened to our tagged lobsters.Michael Childresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338717232336200047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-64831773286333561562011-05-14T23:35:00.010-04:002011-05-15T00:13:00.076-04:00Time for some snorkeling!For the past week, we have been completing behavioral observations to determine the dominance status of each lobster. By knowing the dominance status of each lobster, we will be able to determine if dominance influences den sharing behavior in our mesocosm study.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wX5RMH9FJuBKoakOuBvbadIdwrjRyD-Sg_nGYnrCDXNCsmOKqrIkg1U0w0v5zQ041wJwZKnl-62HBNSvCHCCpGpXB9NlvrSXVzJzGoElKwamST2eX6xXXHIMBYyxAegdr_VFSkp0hA/s1600/IMG_3222.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wX5RMH9FJuBKoakOuBvbadIdwrjRyD-Sg_nGYnrCDXNCsmOKqrIkg1U0w0v5zQ041wJwZKnl-62HBNSvCHCCpGpXB9NlvrSXVzJzGoElKwamST2eX6xXXHIMBYyxAegdr_VFSkp0hA/s200/IMG_3222.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606785838976519618" border="0" /></a>Since we worked hard all week to prepare the mesocosm, we decided to take the afternoon off and snorkel Coral Gardens - a coral reef near Long Key. Enjoy the pictures (Left: sea turtle; Middle: cow fish; Right: brain coral)!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyvsYce9qIhQqglwhyphenhyphenJIWFc1Ok-xx32medHkHk6XhjgL9feSLgWkLZ9hoqI3bZTEgAbH1gZpop-6kOnzOkeUKZG2WPDHYr0w5vQtCdxxnHhvI_FG5BWlyezU0tNkzvPbsNZYtPSeTZQ/s1600/IMG_3265.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyvsYce9qIhQqglwhyphenhyphenJIWFc1Ok-xx32medHkHk6XhjgL9feSLgWkLZ9hoqI3bZTEgAbH1gZpop-6kOnzOkeUKZG2WPDHYr0w5vQtCdxxnHhvI_FG5BWlyezU0tNkzvPbsNZYtPSeTZQ/s200/IMG_3265.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606788821890561090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjaEyLEkxQGLikO0lq3V1ncaO3dohzR5A4HQbDL6HzvwIUM6RNqvhlcn1Z2jFwji1953Uqnq233WqQFIHlvMCplKtBwOZmJadZTeD2o0kdwG-tVkMbec5z7aeCYcNPWM7U_DX7fCG9w/s1600/IMG_3256.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjaEyLEkxQGLikO0lq3V1ncaO3dohzR5A4HQbDL6HzvwIUM6RNqvhlcn1Z2jFwji1953Uqnq233WqQFIHlvMCplKtBwOZmJadZTeD2o0kdwG-tVkMbec5z7aeCYcNPWM7U_DX7fCG9w/s200/IMG_3256.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606789688977457746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BE784kp7cSXn39JRwkL-1mBZ5rEQEwLBGOnUerJdlf4WbuEmgr-tBMxeP0uFQgUwy5IZh23GeAa9W6QpWE3eH-ReFSpZKNKrm865YFYPvj-IJK2Y0ww-37KZ-1Mt-eBNEQkOc6LXEg/s1600/IMG_3246.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BE784kp7cSXn39JRwkL-1mBZ5rEQEwLBGOnUerJdlf4WbuEmgr-tBMxeP0uFQgUwy5IZh23GeAa9W6QpWE3eH-ReFSpZKNKrm865YFYPvj-IJK2Y0ww-37KZ-1Mt-eBNEQkOc6LXEg/s200/IMG_3246.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606787999089767586" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-77891355103350607282011-05-11T19:28:00.005-04:002011-05-11T19:58:48.957-04:00Learning New Techniques<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-IoukPLL23mgh6uQbCYr5EH6b0QmEmQqGZaTqqdJfjbJYtCfmHJ09COKQv-NP2ESiEK9uV6Fwrw3xENV-w6S9q93lNKKb-6bckrkU5QTI8YxMruIU8QhQQ25vP2oWoBSAqojlbecog/s1600/Picture+005.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-IoukPLL23mgh6uQbCYr5EH6b0QmEmQqGZaTqqdJfjbJYtCfmHJ09COKQv-NP2ESiEK9uV6Fwrw3xENV-w6S9q93lNKKb-6bckrkU5QTI8YxMruIU8QhQQ25vP2oWoBSAqojlbecog/s200/Picture+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605610593936606290" border="0" /></a><br />As a researcher, it is important to learn new techniques that my be useful for future experiments. We started off the morning by learning how to pull larval collectors. Specifically, these collectors monitor the abundance of spiny lobster pueruli (or late-stage larval lobsters) near Long Key. The pueruli can be extremely small, and as we found out, it is often hard to pick them out of the collectors. In the afternoon, we began a trial run of our acoustic tagging project. We activated all of the receivers (the objects that receive a 'ping' or signal from the acoustic tag) and headed out into the field to set up the array and tag juvenile lobsters. After the receivers and tagged lobsters were in the water, the 'pings' began to be recorded by the receivers. This data will be later uploaded into a computer, and the position of each tagged lobster will be calculated. By completing this trial run, we will have a better understanding of the steps needed to set up an array of receivers and the dispersal distance of juveniles.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-5506294141473819952011-05-10T17:53:00.005-04:002011-05-10T18:19:47.494-04:00First Day in the Field<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpvKKs4wDYyG887LqowapBstu2E2KHBuBw62j7BodvwiqDXCedyopf3ddjAQkMPQweLmuQ2GlEWnU0zLkY3CzNyyEq-FBUke2ulCic81R27k5edEoJB7aqc0bYGvBP6P57w-fhW1U6A/s1600/Keys+040.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpvKKs4wDYyG887LqowapBstu2E2KHBuBw62j7BodvwiqDXCedyopf3ddjAQkMPQweLmuQ2GlEWnU0zLkY3CzNyyEq-FBUke2ulCic81R27k5edEoJB7aqc0bYGvBP6P57w-fhW1U6A/s200/Keys+040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605215415256858690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5A8VJ35uM4tAV9O9pmeZbBP2F10kQ6Kwn6OWsbcGb4SlbmECXVGXI-o5BV3D8u2v3bMldMjxwSR0TOpoGpcWIO2mpw9uFcl8ORc8a7kbakqG7LzSdHv4HZK3C9OigDg6hb0cpC_P1A/s1600/Keys+038.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5A8VJ35uM4tAV9O9pmeZbBP2F10kQ6Kwn6OWsbcGb4SlbmECXVGXI-o5BV3D8u2v3bMldMjxwSR0TOpoGpcWIO2mpw9uFcl8ORc8a7kbakqG7LzSdHv4HZK3C9OigDg6hb0cpC_P1A/s200/Keys+038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605214724096778914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">After learning how to complete an underwater transect, we headed out on the Parker (the Keys Marine Lab boat). Each field station contains two experimental sites (one with artificial shelters and one without artificial shelters), and the artificial shelters must be removed from one these sites. Our first task was to shoo out all the inhabitants with a tickle stick (which is commonly used for lobstering in the Keys). Then, we tied a rope to the blocks, swam the heavy blocks to </span><span style="font-family:arial;">the boat, and lifted them onto the boat. Since the artificial shelters have been underwater for many years, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">they were fouled with many neat organisms. While we were snorkeling around, we took some pictures of lobsters in their dens. Lobsters often use the artificial shelters, crevice holes, and sponges/corals as homes during the day. Part of this experiment will examine the influence of artificial shelters on denning behavior and dispersal of juvenile lobsters.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-68631343954462631122011-05-09T22:02:00.004-04:002011-05-09T22:28:00.597-04:00Which Lobsters Share Shelters?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIr_-U0HNudkhDEU3n5QnIhRwPxJKoB3pifMP9km6LIptZPWVFIk6YLl8LWjPGTXo1gSwkwjU0gRCePCbKnJ8R-AOIgHGvQGI0Jm04SWHS7LVZ4HrYnaMtEn5UHE9mG-hkKatSK_6uYtA/s1600/IMG_0144.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIr_-U0HNudkhDEU3n5QnIhRwPxJKoB3pifMP9km6LIptZPWVFIk6YLl8LWjPGTXo1gSwkwjU0gRCePCbKnJ8R-AOIgHGvQGI0Jm04SWHS7LVZ4HrYnaMtEn5UHE9mG-hkKatSK_6uYtA/s400/IMG_0144.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604907788066665010" /></a><br />Spiny lobsters are known to be social animals that often share crevice shelters. However, den sharing is far from obligatory. On average only one-half of all juvenile lobsters in Florida Bay are sharing shelters at any time. What are the factors that determine who will and will not share shelters with one another? This is the question we are studying for our current research project in the Florida Keys.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sgVNjzEe6ToRAQs0_YVupuegoNpNM6leVwzZG2293AxrLbBoZb5mXfoML1aaUahZNLagWoHEXJrqntVN_9tU5Ru6633Le6hobh_ZpgqaBBGkQwHe3z47mC8o-o7dM8rvoYi34H7uaE8/s1600/Keys+004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sgVNjzEe6ToRAQs0_YVupuegoNpNM6leVwzZG2293AxrLbBoZb5mXfoML1aaUahZNLagWoHEXJrqntVN_9tU5Ru6633Le6hobh_ZpgqaBBGkQwHe3z47mC8o-o7dM8rvoYi34H7uaE8/s400/Keys+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604908028303539490" /></a><br />We are staying at the Keys Marine Laboratory in Long Key, FL for the next month and will we post updates as we can during our time out of the water.Michael Childresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338717232336200047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-10855943354206638552011-01-18T13:54:00.002-05:002011-01-18T13:56:02.232-05:00Recent Article on Blue Crab PresentationClick on the link below to read a recent article by Bo Petersen.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/jan/17/saltwater-creep-threatens-crabs/">Blue crab moving farther upstream as water becomes saltier, more polluted</a>Michael Childresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338717232336200047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-60262504345020424002011-01-13T13:16:00.002-05:002011-01-13T13:20:35.333-05:00Where Have All the Crabs Gone Presentation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkMDzjO7GmYgMgPYB4l6Eoxu6fxJ9sMD3teyxN2oltRV3dZ7340Nu7T4opartdND1dXISiLG19FnqpDM0EUlH6o0aD6CLbmPvEIQn13rjl-k68e3IOlrBhaEShDISKI4VBdbyJJPtBLU/s1600/WhereHaveCrabsGoneSlide.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkMDzjO7GmYgMgPYB4l6Eoxu6fxJ9sMD3teyxN2oltRV3dZ7340Nu7T4opartdND1dXISiLG19FnqpDM0EUlH6o0aD6CLbmPvEIQn13rjl-k68e3IOlrBhaEShDISKI4VBdbyJJPtBLU/s400/WhereHaveCrabsGoneSlide.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561736336410913634" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://people.clemson.edu/~mchildr/papers/Where_have_all_the_crabs_gone_presentation_2011.pdf">Click here to download the Where Have All the Crabs Gone presentation as a PDF file.</a><br /><br />This is the public presentation made on January 11th, 2011 by Dr. Michael Childress.Michael Childresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338717232336200047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-72755117664916565782011-01-13T13:07:00.004-05:002011-01-13T13:13:47.184-05:00State of the Basin Newletter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmNud5_xMC_BXqeZVRqkjIjGc4VtTmWlgWLxKjmpFMHpKReZ3Njrd4dXwZKSMr_SL631lVVhyphenhyphen8UNBLHGP2LwfruqvksPaNrWqtbrJqCgnVwOhun3eqCs1Gn0y1wSrmSo2IKMT3Qnej5U/s1600/StateOfBasinReportJan20111.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmNud5_xMC_BXqeZVRqkjIjGc4VtTmWlgWLxKjmpFMHpKReZ3Njrd4dXwZKSMr_SL631lVVhyphenhyphen8UNBLHGP2LwfruqvksPaNrWqtbrJqCgnVwOhun3eqCs1Gn0y1wSrmSo2IKMT3Qnej5U/s400/StateOfBasinReportJan20111.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561734056417058594" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://people.clemson.edu/~mchildr/papers/StateOfBasinReportJan2011.pdf">Click here to download a PDF copy of State of the Basin Newsletter.</a><br /><br />This newsletter highlights the most recent research findings for our ongoing study of blue crabs in the ACE Basin NERR.Michael Childresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338717232336200047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-25322843168012130242011-01-11T10:58:00.002-05:002011-01-11T11:01:22.740-05:00Blue Crab Presentation Rescheduled<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKmOhCLw4rv_BpiEOyfzhBwh4JUs35iEw8r7MM0t5H4vvaQCmf42zGzZjArJabZi71NUyg1hjoDQM3z2JliGL4htTQCezFq8VwANGW3q7x2Sy5ay3I923ZD8W1oxZFaJYcT69orc5tNk/s1600/WhereHaveCrabsGoneFlyer1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKmOhCLw4rv_BpiEOyfzhBwh4JUs35iEw8r7MM0t5H4vvaQCmf42zGzZjArJabZi71NUyg1hjoDQM3z2JliGL4htTQCezFq8VwANGW3q7x2Sy5ay3I923ZD8W1oxZFaJYcT69orc5tNk/s400/WhereHaveCrabsGoneFlyer1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560958643425927490" /></a><br /><br />The public presentation titled "Where Have All the Blue Crabs Gone" has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Jan 11th, 7 pm, in the Maclean Auditorium of the Technical College of the Lowcountry, Beaufort, SC.<br /><br />The presentation is free and open to the public and door open at 6:30 pm.Michael Childresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338717232336200047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-50639685672747203202010-11-18T20:42:00.007-05:002010-11-18T21:18:48.408-05:00Childress Lab Presents Work at Multiple Meetings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoRmPEHEHi88bxokZuezjfo7qWxxD8Wn8cfkqzAb5r2p842LBZgAD9NgxR_URc3CB7nwR1-VakCn7RwfuR8DTGo5ryktXwicaTgEZ8yx_Qd4r6T3d6PVx_tTrj2o-xewp9sNarm1RZLs/s1600/IMG_3002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoRmPEHEHi88bxokZuezjfo7qWxxD8Wn8cfkqzAb5r2p842LBZgAD9NgxR_URc3CB7nwR1-VakCn7RwfuR8DTGo5ryktXwicaTgEZ8yx_Qd4r6T3d6PVx_tTrj2o-xewp9sNarm1RZLs/s400/IMG_3002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541074574710934050" /></a><br />The Childress Lab presented research at numerous meetings this semester. Kirk Parmenter presented his posted titled "Drought and the Decline of South Carolina Blue Crabs" at the 2010 SC Water Resources Conference. His poster was selected as the runner-up for best student poster.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.clemson.edu/restoration/events/past_events/sc_water_resources/index.html">Click here for the 2010 SC Water Conference Proceedings</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcb-KmRpwEzjS_pU8Be1MXIcc_5wq2D6S__0b_hxGIe5I-Shrr_S9iwVIB_eXemh8rGc7ReAvP-jj12y04d_miGQDG8oO7Kk9hXcVUckEIQPDSvjK08FnAob4DARmOljT_gK8PirTaZss/s1600/IMG_2991.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcb-KmRpwEzjS_pU8Be1MXIcc_5wq2D6S__0b_hxGIe5I-Shrr_S9iwVIB_eXemh8rGc7ReAvP-jj12y04d_miGQDG8oO7Kk9hXcVUckEIQPDSvjK08FnAob4DARmOljT_gK8PirTaZss/s400/IMG_2991.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541073600036936578" /></a><br />Katherine presented her poster titled "Do Octopus Exhibit Optimism or Pessimism" at the 3rd annual Clemson Biology Student Symposium (CBASS). The research was Katherine's honor's theses project at Millersville University.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSl8ooAM6r_ikQBtiaQxCZp9NT_BcedSLaDONnqEPbg_eDQLgu8oX8zel2la3YMG7WPab8IQKir1aMc_sUZ7eyKxTjE2Onutk5f1mHO8MsOs5ZPipdXAD-TJkXesBGe9ogSughc3OBXhw/s1600/Everglades+039.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSl8ooAM6r_ikQBtiaQxCZp9NT_BcedSLaDONnqEPbg_eDQLgu8oX8zel2la3YMG7WPab8IQKir1aMc_sUZ7eyKxTjE2Onutk5f1mHO8MsOs5ZPipdXAD-TJkXesBGe9ogSughc3OBXhw/s400/Everglades+039.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541072882162859602" /></a><br />Michael presented an oral presentation titled "Modeling the Decline of Blue Crabs using an Individual Based Model" at the Southeastern Evolutionary Genetics and Population Ecology meeting in Cherry Lake, FL and at the 2010 SC Water Resources Conference in Columbia, SC. Michael also presented an oral presentation titled "Impact of Mass Sponge Mortality and Juvenile Density on Spiny Lobster Recruitment in Florida Bay" at the Linking Science to Management: Florida Keys Ecosystem Conference in Duck Key, FL.<br /><a href="http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/FloridaKeys/"><br />Click here for the Linking Science to Management Conference proceedings</a>Michael Childresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338717232336200047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-5897610091771409112010-11-18T20:22:00.005-05:002010-11-18T20:37:30.241-05:00We have larval crabs!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCR6p9fDwIEbUr_pgp-QCkX_FP2PBmVZ92lFlo2-Y5kHPAXDIWCDTluV0US0SugK_3XY7meXunKcBlvqi6NFRnG1_SjD03kChZxtwsMVqRpP_uqcNCnsG1xW2TbiZuHN9sYVaJnfKf8YY/s1600/BlueCrab+013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCR6p9fDwIEbUr_pgp-QCkX_FP2PBmVZ92lFlo2-Y5kHPAXDIWCDTluV0US0SugK_3XY7meXunKcBlvqi6NFRnG1_SjD03kChZxtwsMVqRpP_uqcNCnsG1xW2TbiZuHN9sYVaJnfKf8YY/s400/BlueCrab+013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541067543028891138" /></a><br />In a monster sampling effort this fall, Kirk and Kylie completed the first study of blue crab recruitment in the ACE Basin. They made 11 round trips to the coast and spent 22 days on the water.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWL0Q_xIC8EP58TbtBGV_a2ZQvlP3aVDW4ZEAAMLb69fxq_jWnGhUR-O_4eVKkKxHzoLK0noaAFgL4S-RyMmc530r3nScNEZunqhem-jIf5-o1QM10khq3v5oOKQ9QAr5bHmzt-YV0Ks/s1600/IMG_3004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWL0Q_xIC8EP58TbtBGV_a2ZQvlP3aVDW4ZEAAMLb69fxq_jWnGhUR-O_4eVKkKxHzoLK0noaAFgL4S-RyMmc530r3nScNEZunqhem-jIf5-o1QM10khq3v5oOKQ9QAr5bHmzt-YV0Ks/s400/IMG_3004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541067109767620002" /></a><br />Kylie then processed 480 jars of plankton spending over three weeks straight at the dissecting scope.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGU717BcUQIumb8b6GVH4yT03YOyDmlSCBEulb_RDQxPjLvPVY6j4Sr0bm_NjPr4XjsJ_ZcO0VYyV17PuDfWaAT86bzTQWQNjyoM5pfeAFLold15WQYPFoG3GQm4fQwRJbDdSx8uxk26Y/s1600/BlueCrab+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGU717BcUQIumb8b6GVH4yT03YOyDmlSCBEulb_RDQxPjLvPVY6j4Sr0bm_NjPr4XjsJ_ZcO0VYyV17PuDfWaAT86bzTQWQNjyoM5pfeAFLold15WQYPFoG3GQm4fQwRJbDdSx8uxk26Y/s400/BlueCrab+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541066330600344114" /></a><br />But the effort paid off by documenting the arrival of first stage juvenile crabs.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccTtl3MXnmq0JY4IyeBh_HytYeKfrHY2NbXsL3o01XVgtaQ7I_sDPEO-QSiJ_74aTl12-xUShtHb_hXw52Mw0rCf8ynh6Nwa8Auy14GvaaD_KvSJ7it-gJmRDh3l62YxCla6OB7-4st8/s1600/BlueCrab+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccTtl3MXnmq0JY4IyeBh_HytYeKfrHY2NbXsL3o01XVgtaQ7I_sDPEO-QSiJ_74aTl12-xUShtHb_hXw52Mw0rCf8ynh6Nwa8Auy14GvaaD_KvSJ7it-gJmRDh3l62YxCla6OB7-4st8/s400/BlueCrab+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541065734173114226" /></a><br />And the arrival of megalopae. The results of this recruitment study will be Kylie's project for the 2011 Benthic Ecology Meeting.Michael Childresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338717232336200047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040920955397882974.post-38927160460446638332010-08-30T09:40:00.006-04:002010-08-30T09:50:32.452-04:00Measuring Crab Larval Recruitment<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeU6uESzDcNpBJ4hQzNEsbksNEexnDBPI_a0KDO776kPaOT9lP9QXOD8TKL71r1lzgnLnLUTK-qVmeHqrCrc7ZIU194VLyhGUJ2EHAoepWebvHEpkJSzyvanxygvvDO1kXJak-Bv3I5s/s1600/BlueCrab+005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeU6uESzDcNpBJ4hQzNEsbksNEexnDBPI_a0KDO776kPaOT9lP9QXOD8TKL71r1lzgnLnLUTK-qVmeHqrCrc7ZIU194VLyhGUJ2EHAoepWebvHEpkJSzyvanxygvvDO1kXJak-Bv3I5s/s400/BlueCrab+005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511198337549995010" /></a><br />In order to monitor larval blue crab recruitment, we built and deployed 48 larval collectors made of PVC pipe wrapped with hogs hair filter. Collectors were placed at four station in each of the three rivers of the ACE Basin across a range of salinity from 20-35 ppt.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWKObofHrDDNXCaMv2Z8_Yc1rkRapJ6eo1t-yE0lDXkDmCm6FtH4KBbHRV8pFc2G-ZcRYZZ2wBNhwVYNad6gwrvVszm3lgOSbyeYsprgrdWrIGJQ2M2GkDcJhnsc2qk52vsth-rZxJ6s/s1600/BlueCrab+007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWKObofHrDDNXCaMv2Z8_Yc1rkRapJ6eo1t-yE0lDXkDmCm6FtH4KBbHRV8pFc2G-ZcRYZZ2wBNhwVYNad6gwrvVszm3lgOSbyeYsprgrdWrIGJQ2M2GkDcJhnsc2qk52vsth-rZxJ6s/s400/BlueCrab+007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511198251429352770" /></a><br />Collectors were either placed at the surface attached to a surface buoy or 1 m above the substrate attached to a concrete anchor block. Here Kirk and Kylie show off the difference between a surface and benthic collector.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cfVgHTJPAsXYGhAjw-lltRCiQJFZSBbv-uizwKH6LkTGglvGVGaRni40vEWn2SgQVpdALSM46jrcjB8aBMyboqodO-25d6ITU6QE4fKOilz8237TqfgxEAfNZj2yJT-78EA4hSX4k5g/s1600/BlueCrab+006.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cfVgHTJPAsXYGhAjw-lltRCiQJFZSBbv-uizwKH6LkTGglvGVGaRni40vEWn2SgQVpdALSM46jrcjB8aBMyboqodO-25d6ITU6QE4fKOilz8237TqfgxEAfNZj2yJT-78EA4hSX4k5g/s400/BlueCrab+006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511197987064261938" /></a>Michael Childresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338717232336200047noreply@blogger.com1