{"id":6954,"date":"2021-07-06T04:41:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T04:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/?p=6954"},"modified":"2021-07-13T00:42:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T00:42:58","slug":"day-15-all-is-fair-in-love-and-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/day-15-all-is-fair-in-love-and-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 15: All is Fair in Love and War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today\u2019s Blog: Kira, Andrea, and Abby<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After spending last night celebrating the fourth of July, most of us were tired but eager to explore the intertidal zone at the Friday Harbor Laboratory. Although the weather was cool and breezy all of us headed straight into our separate tidepools where we would test for dissolved oxygen, salinity, pH levels, alkalinity and measure temperature with Connie Sullivan<\/a>, a specialist in environmental toxicology, who works for Ross Strategic<\/a>, an environmental consulting firm in Seattle. Our findings showed that different tidepools with different abiotic factors had distinct characteristics which was expected if the tidepools differed in exposure and shallowness. We left the labs feeling accomplished and having gathered so much data!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Intertidal zone testing!! Picture by Sara Sarmiento. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For lunch most of us had left over hot dogs from last night, while others of us had sandwiches along with some delicious lemonade. We enjoyed some potato chips and talked about our siblings. There were stories shared about siblings shoving beans up their nose, other siblings shoving polly pocket shoes up their nose and even hiding food in their diapers. It was very interesting to see how many of us have siblings who loved hiding things as kids!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After lunch we headed up to our lab to join a zoom call with Dr. Cindy Elliser<\/a>. Dr Elliser is the founder of the non-profit Pacific Mammal Research<\/a> or PacMam, which strives to research, understand and protect the mammals in the Salish Sea through outreach, research and education. She led us through an engaging presentation on how to identify all the pinnipeds, mysticetes and odontocetes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have been insanely lucky during our time here and have gotten to see many of the marine mammals we learned about today. One of those mammals happens to be the harbor porpoise. The harbor porpoises are often overshadowed by the orcas, but are equally fascinating. We learned how hard the porpoises are to spot and research. Dr. Elliser showed us how these porpoises demonstrate different behaviors and how to identify whether a porpoise was socializing, hunting, or just traveling. Then we  received some data sheets that would allow us to survey these behaviors and contribute to this research!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After our time in the lab, we all collected at the table with Caroline to reflect on our eventful canoe trip. We had a great time discussing the highlights of our different trips, we also laughed about the less fun experiences like the wind and the racoons! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dustin and Sonja enjoy some of our extensive ice cream collection. Picture by Kira Bretsky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our afternoon was laid-back and relaxing. After we reflected on our trip, we all split into different directions; some went to town, others called family, and a few took naps. As of July 1st, we all have the run of the town! We were delighted to hear earlier in the week that many of Friday Harbor\u2019s COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted. Some of our favorite spots in town include the docks, King\u2019s Market, and the Friday Harbor Ice Cream Company (of course). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This evening, we all sat down for a delicious dinner of baked potatoes with Dr. Vik Iyengar<\/a>, the #1 earwig enthusiast on San Juan Island. After dinner, we sat down in the common living room as Dr. Iyengar showed us a presentation on Sexual Selection and Sociality in earwigs. The presentation was very descriptive, and he had us in a trance! Our questions were endless and Tim eventually had to limit our inquiries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Welcome crew giving an introduction for Dr. Vik Iyengar. Photo by Sara Sarmiento Ruiz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our day today was, yet again, fun & interesting. We\u2019re all so happy to have a bit of freedom in the town, and all of the scientists we met today were so inspiring. Stay tuned for more adventures!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s Blog: Kira, Andrea, and Abby After spending last night celebrating the fourth of July, most of us were tired but eager to explore the intertidal zone at the Friday Harbor Laboratory. Although the weather was cool and breezy all of us headed straight into our separate tidepools where we would test for dissolved oxygen, salinity, pH levels, alkalinity and measure temperature with Connie Sullivan, a specialist in environmental toxicology, who works for Ross Strategic, an environmental consulting firm in Seattle. Our findings showed that different tidepools with different abiotic factors had distinct characteristics which was expected if the tidepools differed in exposure and shallowness. We left the labs feeling … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6954"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7016,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6954\/revisions\/7016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}