{"id":8929,"date":"2026-07-03T00:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/?p=8929"},"modified":"2026-07-14T03:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:37:04","slug":"day-11-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/day-11-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 12: It&#8217;s Raining, It&#8217;s Pouring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of us went with Uma, a scientist currently working on crab larvae populations, specifically the dungeness crab. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_8746-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_8746-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_8746-480x640.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_8746-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_8746-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_8746.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Crab larvae collected by Uma from under the microscope (Credit: Addie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Down at the docks, we retrieved a pistaster sea star and several feather duster worms for the lab aquarium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_3265.heic\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8941\"\/><figcaption>Alice carrying plankton for us to take a look at under microscopes (taken by Violet)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6394-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6394-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6394-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6394-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6394-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6394-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6394.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Dr Strathmann and some students observing the plankton under microscopes (Credit: Sam)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8217;re excited for tonight&#8217;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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/biology.washington.edu\/people\/kenneth-sebens\">https:\/\/biology.washington.edu\/people\/kenneth-sebens<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2709-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2709-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2709-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2709-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2709-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2709.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Spot prawns and sea stars in Dr Havens&#8217; lab at Friday Harbor Labs (taken by Alice)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Blog Credits: Owen, Addie, Sam, Eva<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/day-11-thursday\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"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\/8929"}],"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\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8929"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9103,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8929\/revisions\/9103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}