by Cyndi Foisy | Mar 18, 2018 | Blogs, Diving, Dr. Michael Crosby, Mote, palythoa, Science, Scientific Diving
The project started in 2015. During a SCUBAnauts trip down to the Florida Keys, fellow Naut, Kylie B., and I chose our own project on which to spend the week: Palythoa. After our checkout dives, we noted that Palythoa was incredibly abundant on the shallower reefs but...
by Cyndi Foisy | Feb 10, 2018 | CPR, Diving First Aid for Professional Divers, Education, First Aid, In the Community, O2 Training, Safety
Chelsea applies a tourniquet as Gianna observes. Image 1 of 4 by Abigail S. On January 27th and 28th, SCUBAnauts International members participated in either the DAN training course or the challenge at the USF St. Pete campus. The DAN training course is a class...
by Cyndi Foisy | Jan 10, 2018 | Apple Snails, Diving, Quadrat, Science, Submerged aquatic vegetation
by Vivian F., Chelsea D, and introducing new Naut, Zane S.! Alexander Springs is a spring system connected to the Florida Aquifer. Water from the aquifer finds its way through natural openings in the ground. This was the site of our dive on December 30th. Our dive was...
by Cyndi Foisy | Jun 19, 2017 | Blogs, In the Community, In the News
On May 14, 2017, the USCG Air Station welcomed SCUBAnauts to tour their facility in St. Petersburg, Florida. The C-130 is a cargo plane. They are able to transport people, vehicles, supplies, and other cargo on the aircraft. On air drop missions, they drop the cargo...
by Cyndi Foisy | Apr 8, 2017 | Education, Scientific Diving
At our SCUBAnauts International regional meeting today, we were lucky enough to add a new SCUBAnaut to the rank of Master Naut. Shaian B. presented her Masternaut project detailing the effect of plankton abundance on fish populations in an area. She studied samples of...
