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Day 23: The Final Collection

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By: Addie and Eva

Today was the last day of data collection. Salish Sea Sciences got up, grabbed their boots, and headed out the door to various places for low tides. The team was split between 4th of July beach, False Bay, and Deadman’s.

A Red Dorid found by some students at Deadman’s (taken by Alice)
A Blood Star found hanging off a rock (taken by Alice)
Sea Clown Nudibranch on the rocks (taken by Alice)

After the people in the field got back we wrapped up our last bit of data collection just in time for lunch. Lunch was a great break in the day to reset and maybe take a quick power nap. Once lunch had finished it was time to say goodbye to the animals we had been testing for the past week. As sad as we were about letting them go, they had gone through enough poking and proding.

One last look at the tank before the animals are released (taken by Eva)

After the animals were set back home it was back to projects but now we were creating our posters.

Silas showing off his freaking graph yo (taken by Addie)

For a quick break some people went out and played badminton. As this is being written the dinner crew is playing great tunes and having a dance battle. Spirits are currently high, and there going to be through the roof because at 6:00 PM we will be going to JP’s for trivia night!!!

Gabe showing off his dance moves (taken by Olivia)

Day 12: It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

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We woke up to the cozy breakfast we have every morning and got ready for the day ahead. Friday Harbor Labs greeted us bright and early, working on collecting plankton for our lab later that day.

Some of us went with Uma, a scientist currently working on crab larvae populations, specifically the dungeness crab.

Crab larvae collected by Uma from under the microscope (Credit: Addie)

We came back to the dorms to see the plankton and crab larvae under microscopes, identifying the organisms and tallying the crab larvae count. We had a quick snack and power nap before going down to the marina to collect organisms for our projects.

Down at the docks, we retrieved a pistaster sea star and several feather duster worms for the lab aquarium.

Alice carrying plankton for us to take a look at under microscopes (taken by Violet)
Dr Strathmann and some students observing the plankton under microscopes (Credit: Sam)

Next, we returned to Friday Harbor Labs to document organisms found on the docks, visit the molecular biology lab, and see the spot prawns at the sensory testing lab. We’re excited for tonight’s dinner with Dr. Ken Sebens of the UW Department of Biology and his presentation about marine benthic ecology, coral reef ecology, and theoretical ecology. This is a link of Dr. Sebens page at University of Washington.

https://biology.washington.edu/people/kenneth-sebens

Spot prawns and sea stars in Dr Havens’ lab at Friday Harbor Labs (taken by Alice)

Blog Credits: Owen, Addie, Sam, Eva