{"id":8935,"date":"2026-07-04T00:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/?p=8935"},"modified":"2026-07-04T00:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:09:23","slug":"day-13-happy-as-a-clam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/day-13-happy-as-a-clam\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 13: Happy as a Clam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Blog Credits: Aoife, Violet, Ripley, Wesley <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you know how many species of clams there are around Argyle Beach? Today we learned about the little neck clam, the butter clam, and the invasive varnish clam, among many other organisms by the beach. The start to today, however, was a little more laid-back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we switched it up with a relaxing, project-focused morning in preparation for Monday, when our topic selection is due. This mainly included background research, hypothesis development, methodology, and much support from our wonderful science team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everyone is working super hard on their projects! Photo Credit: Aoife <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For a nice mid-day break, we packed lunch and headed out to Jackson Beach, where we explored the bay and adjacent Argyle Lagoon. While we were there, we dug for clams and waded in the natural saltwater stream flowing from the lagoon to the sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wesley, Violet, and Ripley working hard to find clams at Argyle Beach. – Photo Credit: Aoife<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s clam dig was both fun and informative, as any good scientific field work should be! Each group of students dug four 1×1\u201d holes, two further up the beach (high intertidal) and two near the water (low intertidal). The extracted sediment was placed into large sieves, where clams were sorted from rocks and other invertebrates. Additionally, invasive Varnish Clams were separated from native clams\u2013such as butter clams\u2013which were reburied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ripley holding a massive polychaete worm that we found digging up! – Photo Credit: Violet<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A super cool porcelain crab we found while wading in the stream between Argyle Lagoon and Beach! – Photo Credit: Alice<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Having fun wading around in Argyle Lagoon! – Photo Credit: Aoife<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We are excited to welcome our guest for dinner tonight: Joe Heras<\/a>, a scientist currently doing work with genomics and environmental DNA, or eDNA for short, at the FHL labs. Dr. Heras and his team are able to analyze water samples to determine what fish have been in the water. His experience in the field, as well as the lab, makes him a valuable mentor going forward as students continue to develop their experiments and become immersed in the world of science. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blog Credits: Aoife, Violet, Ripley, Wesley Do you know how many species of clams there are around Argyle Beach? Today we learned about the little neck clam, the butter clam, and the invasive varnish clam, among many other organisms by the beach. The start to today, however, was a little more laid-back. Today we switched it up with a relaxing, project-focused morning in preparation for Monday, when our topic selection is due. This mainly included background research, hypothesis development, methodology, and much support from our wonderful science team! For a nice mid-day break, we packed lunch and headed out to Jackson Beach, where we explored the bay and adjacent Argyle … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":306,"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\/8935"}],"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\/306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8935"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8964,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8935\/revisions\/8964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}