Originally, we were going to do some observational work with the long spine sea urchins and compare our findings to a few scientific articles that we read. However, since we were unable to locate the sea urchins, we had to come up with another activity for our class. As a group we developed the lobster … Continue reading Lobsters & Polychaetes in Cudjoe Key
“Mangrove Island”
Today we rented a boat and returned to the "mangrove island" where we first collected our polychaete egg masses last year. Our hope was to collect the same type of egg masses. While we did successfully collect more egg masses from this area along with some polychaete tubes, at this time we are unsure if … Continue reading “Mangrove Island”
Marine Field Ecology Course – Rutgers University 