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Field
Trip 2003, Day 2:
On the Beach! |
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Dr. Rich
Styles, center, blinds the students with science. We took measurements
of nutrient levels, salinity, temperature, sediment size distribution,
and alongshore transport. |
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Dara and
the nutrient kit crew: Alisha, Patrick and Marissa. |
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Much of
the time was spent making observations of the wind and waves,
as well as the beach profile from the dunes to the breaker zone. |
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Students continue
to observe beach conditions. |
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Parker
gives it the old college try while Brooke, Amanda and Chanda
observe him to make sure he's digging properly. |
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The sediment
size distribution crew: Murph, Chanda and Bethany |
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Marissa
and Josh were our intrepid volunteers for taking the seine net
out into the surf. They didn't catch anything, but we did find
a jellyfish (dead), sea urchin (live), blue crab (dead), tunicate
(dead) and various snails and barnacles. |
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Murph
and David, preparing to boldly send this grapefruit where no
grapefruit had gone before. We used the grapefruits to measure
longshore current. |
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It's Saturday
afternoon and our weekend of science is winding down. Measurements
were collected and obseravations were made that were later used
to write their lab reports. |
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This picture
was taken right before we drove home. Here we have from the
front row to the back and from the left to the right: David
Morris, Mica Jenkins, Alisha Trail, Carla Patat, Amanda Veverka,
Ben Chou, Parker Ainsworth, Josh Skaggs, Tony Medio, Sara Powell,
and Marissa Montanez. |
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