Exploring the intertidal zone.
The Great Phylum Race!
Dogwinkle egg sacs
The students found lots of urchins and sea stars under the rocks.
Touring the Huntsman Fundy Discovery Aquarium.
Zooplankton and phytoplankton samples ready to study in the lab.
Using microscopes to view the plankton.
Zooplankton freshly collected on the research vessel.
A benthic drag was conducted to see what animals live on the bottom of the bay.
Sorting through the contents of the benthic drag.
Blood star.
Brittle star.
A few little fish were caught including this little sculpin.
Counting all the animals collected in the benthic drag.
Gathering data on the temperature and salinity of the water at different depths.
Experiencing the tides.
Spending time with a lobster fisherman.
Early morning visit to the St. Andrews Market. Yum!
Touring the Northern Harvest Sea Farms salmon processing plant in St. George.
Atlantic salmon.
Salmon going onto the processing line.
Cutting the salmon into fillets.
Studying zonation patterns of species that live in the sediments.
Finding lots of clams in the sediment.
Milky ribbon worm.
Gathering data on the invasive green crab.
Visiting the St. Andrews Bird Banding Station. Here is a black and white warbler ready to be banded.
Banding a common yellowthroat.
The list of species the student saw at the banding station.
In the lab studying the feeding rates of barnacles at different temperatures.
Observing the anatomy of sea urchins.
The view through the microscope.
One of the questions from the bell ringer test. Do you know the answer?
A short lecture about marine sponges by Dr. Claire Goodwin, from the Huntsman's Atlantic Reference Centre.
Conducting a lab on sponges.
Identifying sponges using the spicules.
Learning about research in the Huntsman's Aquatic Services Department from Chris Bridger.
Baby lobsters in the aquatic services lab.
Touring the Atlantic salmon broodstock facilities.
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