The Dining Hall
Sand dollar fertilization
zstack image of sand dollar embryos from an experiment on the combined effects of pH and temperature on fertilization.
Sand dollars!
False Bay – summer 2020
Cattle Point
Here is a photo I took of the expansive rocky intertidal zone in front of the Cattle Point lighthouse. The Lighthouse pictured here on the hill was constructed in 1935. The 112 acres located at the south tip of San Juan island is a Natural Resources Conservation Area.
Friday Harbor photos
Osamu Shimomura (August 27, 1928 – October 19, 2018)
Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura (下村 脩) has passed away at the age of 90. Dr. Shimomura shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his isolation of green fluorescent protein. Dr. Shimomura purified the 26.9 kD protein from local jellyfish (Aequorea victoria) collected off the FHL docks. A large number of jellyfish …
FHL Dining Hall
Deadman’s Bay tidepooling
Puget sound phytoplankton counts – May 2012
Jack Rensel reports that diatoms are dominant in North/Central Puget Sound today, including Chaetoceros (Hyalochaete spp.), Thalassiosira, Nitzchia spp. Near Port Angeles Randy Hodgin reports relatively clear water with naturally low dissolved oxygen, following a Thalassiosira bloom a few days ago when dissolved oxygen was supersaturated. The MODIS satellite image …
Puget sound phytoplankton counts – May 2012
Jack Rensel reports that diatoms are dominant in North/Central Puget Sound today, including Chaetoceros (Hyalochaete spp.), Thalassiosira, Nitzchia spp. Near Port Angeles Randy Hodgin reports relatively clear water with naturally low dissolved oxygen, following a Thalassiosira bloom a few days ago when dissolved oxygen was supersaturated. THe MODIS satellite image …