All Things Marine 2017

This week we had four families from Canada and the US join us for All Things Marine, a field course for families. The field course is all inclusive with the families staying and eating on campus. The schedule included time in the field exploring the subtidal and intertidal environments, in the lab studying the live creatures, touring the Huntsman Fundy Discovery Aquarium, learning a bit about the history of St. Andrews by-the-Sea and making the connection between art and biology.

Anderson House

Onboard the research vessel, the Fundy Spray.

Conducting a scallop or benthic drag to collect animals from the bottom of the bay.

Sorting though the contents of the scallop drag.

A diversity of animals were collected including seastars, urchins, crabs and scallops.

The wharf.

Exploring a rocky intertidal zone.

Found a terebellid worm.

Searching in the tide pool.

Lots under this rock: seastars & urchins.

Another sunny day and a search for life in the sediments.

Foggy this morning.

Conducting a survey for the invasive green crab.

Each crab is measured and we take note of the gender.

The group found over 200 crabs!

There were also a few rock gunnel fish.