Aloha Everyone!
We are a group of biology undergraduates from Central Washington
University in Ellensburg, WA. We came to HIMB to study Coral Reef Ecology for the week and have
had a great time! We started our week with a tour of Coconut Island followed by
a night plankton sampling program. The next morning we collected Gorilla ogo
algae (Gracilaria salicornia) for our snapping
shrimp bioacoustics lab, which was fascinating. Then we split up into groups to
work on small research projects around the island including: population density
of parrotfish between corals and mangroves, population density of species on
patch corals at high and low tides, the correlation between burrow entrance
size and the number of Hawaiian shrimp gobies and their symbiotic shrimp,
and finally testing different light sources for collecting plankton at night.
We never thought we would be able to learn so much about
coral reefs in one week, but our week here at HIMB has been an amazing
educational experience. Below are some
photos of a few of our activities during the week. Everyone on Coconut Island has been very
gracious and helpful!
Mahalo,
CWU students
No comments:
Post a Comment