Laval Senior Academy - 2018

It is always an exciting time of year when we welcome the first school of the field season! This year the first group to arrive on the Huntsman campus was Laval Senior Academy from Montreal. Here are a few pictures from their field course in St. Andrews, NB.  

On the boat sorting the animals collected using the benthic drag.

blood star

rock crab

toad crab

In the lab identifying plankton collected while on the boat.

Touring the Fundy Discovery Aquarium.

Exploring the intertidal zone.

The students found lots of animals hiding under rocks on the beach, including this rock gunnel fish.

Collecting data on zonation.

One of the zonation posters.

Great quote!

Behaviour labs included barnacle feeding rates at different temperatures and...

the flipping rate of different sizes of sea stars.