FHL Marine Biology http://mikenish.com/FHL Friday Harbor Labs Fri, 11 May 2012 20:56:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Puget sound phytoplankton counts – May 2012 http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=1032 http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=1032#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 20:53:17 +0000 admin http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=1032 Continue reading →]]> 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 provided by Brandon Sackmann (Ecology) below shows relatively low chlorophyll concentrations overall, save an increase associated with the Fraser River plume (that could be turbidity related too) that was pointing due south at the time of the image recording.

 

 

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]]> http://mikenish.com/FHL/?feed=rss2&p=1032 0 Video: Cattle Point field trip http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=1027 http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=1027#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 03:48:22 +0000 admin http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=1027

ZooBots on a field trip to Cattle Point on San Juan Island.

 

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]]> http://mikenish.com/FHL/?feed=rss2&p=1027 0 Photos: crab, anemone, and shrimp http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=1019 http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=1019#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 03:23:15 +0000 admin http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=1019 More inverts from the labs.

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crab

 

 

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]]> http://mikenish.com/FHL/?feed=rss2&p=1016 0 Killer whales http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=1008 http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=1008#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:10:11 +0000 mikenish http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=1008  

A pod of killer whales spotted off of San Juan Island, WA.

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]]> http://mikenish.com/FHL/?feed=rss2&p=1008 0 Outreach http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=998 http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=998#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 06:51:19 +0000 admin http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=998

 

 

 

 

 

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An unidentified mollusc(?) found in lab today. seems to have a shell developing, but looks very nudibrnach-like. Ideas?

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]]> http://mikenish.com/FHL/?feed=rss2&p=984 0 Photos: Mudflat habitat http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=968 http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=968#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:40:32 +0000 mikenish http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=968 Class took a trip to False Bay to look at a soft-sediment ecosystem.

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False Bay, WA

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Dr. Megan Dethier and students

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Dr. Charlie O'Kelly with a blade of Macrocystis kelp

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]]> http://mikenish.com/FHL/?feed=rss2&p=968 0 Photos: Rocky intertidal habitat http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=952 http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=952#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:21:51 +0000 mikenish http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=952 Friday the class took a trip to see the rocky intertidal zone at Cattle Point.

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Sea anemone, Anthopleura

Crab

Crab hiding in seagrass tidepool

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Blood star

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Feather Boa Kelp - Egregia

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]]> http://mikenish.com/FHL/?feed=rss2&p=952 0 Scientific drawing http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=944 http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=944#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:47:59 +0000 admin http://mikenish.com/FHL/?p=944 Meghan Rock will give students a short workshop on the ins and outs of scientific drawing. See her portfolio at: http://www.meghanrocktopus.com/home/portfolio

 

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