Today we went for a collection cruise on Passamaquoddy Bay to gather some specimens that we'll study the remainder of the week. We found lots of animals including sea stars, urchins, sea peaches, sponges, crabs and more. It was a beautiful sunny and warm day on the water.
This evening we went to the lab to study the phytoplankton and zooplankton that we had collected.
While the students are on campus we will also be posting some pictures and updates on the Huntsman Education Twitter account.
Boarding the Fundy Spray.
Tracey explaining the collection of plankton.
Zoo and phyto samples.
Gathering invertebrates from the ocean floor using the benthic drag.
Excitedly sorting through the benthic sample!
We found a cute little toad crab!
And lots of urchins!
Heading through St. Andrews Harbour.
Studying plankton in the lab.
The samples were full of copepods and diatoms.
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