Pearson College Marine Science

It was a rainy Monday morning (30 September) but second year marine scientists persevered…

We did two beach seines:

which both resulted in copious amounts of seaweed.

We searched through the seaweed and found some interesting organisms that we looked at back at the lab using dissecting microscopes (photos from Taylor’s iPhone).

A decorator crab.

A flat-top sea squirt (Chelysoma sp.)

A cancrid crab.

We also examined the sand grains under the microscope:

We did a little digging at Witty’s Beach…

and found a beautiful red polychaete worm:

And finally a photo of the Haystack Islets:

Tags: beach seine, Chelysoma sp., decorator crab, Haystack Islets, sandy beach, Witty's Beach

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