by Site Admin | Jul 30, 2012 | Blogs, Coral Transplant, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
Today we helped attach Acropora cervicornas, the staghorn coral to a ‘tree’ with Cory Walter and Erich Bartell from Mote Marine Laboratory.This ‘tree’ is made of PVC and the coral fragments are hung to the tree by wire. When the coral is in the...
by Site Admin | Jul 29, 2012 | Blogs, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
Seven hours stuck in a car can feel like sand dribbling slowly down in a time keeper. Basically, it seems feels like a lifetime. Often at times, I would wonder why I would go through such boredom but then my answer always pushed me through. Because...
by Site Admin | Jun 28, 2012 | Blogs, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
Thought I would talk about my day today on Glovers Reef Marine Reserve. Today we did three dives, coming back to the island between each island for our surface interval. Between our first two dives, my science project partner (Brooke Liston) and I typed up the...
by Site Admin | Jun 26, 2012 | Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
Over the past three days we have had the opportunity to dive parts of a single reef that all lie at different depths. At 90 feet, the reef is a vertical wall of coral. The wall is made up of various Montastrea spp. corals. Generally, small fish are absent at...
by Site Admin | Jun 25, 2012 | Blogs, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
It has only been day 3, yet us nauts have finished a ton of science! Every day we learn something new, something exciting, and something “unbelizeable” that will last us forever. For instance, last night we were blessed with a clear sky (one without rain)...
by Site Admin | Jun 24, 2012 | Blogs, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
We woke up to a ferocious thunderstorm with rain and bright lightning. Everyone in a hammock got soaked. Even though there was a storm, the visibility during dives was still 60 feet +. Corals at depth were flatter and smaller. They have to collect...
