by Katie Shoultz | Oct 30, 2022 | Coral Transplant, Education, Fish Surveys, Photogrammetry, Reef Renewal
Sunday, October 23, was the third day of our adventurous Keys trip. This was the day we finally got to start diving! We woke up, got ready and left for Captain Hooks, which is the dive shop that we partner with. The first three dives on Sunday, our goal was to...
by Katie Shoultz | Oct 2, 2022 | Diving, In the Community, scholarship, Scientific Diving, Teens
This past year in SCUBAnauts has been such an amazing experience for me. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to become a scuba diver. Due to unfortunate financial circumstances however, I have never been able to pursue this dream. When I saw that SCUBAnauts...
by Katie Shoultz | Aug 16, 2022 | coral spawn, Mote, night dive, Scientific Diving, Uncategorized
This week, 6 other SCUBAnauts and I departed to Mote Marine Laboratory in Summerland Key, Florida. Mote requested SCUBAnauts to help record first time data on the spawning of outplanted Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis). Mote Marine Lab uses one form of coral...
by Katie Shoultz | Aug 15, 2022 | Blogs, coral spawn, Mote, night dive, Scientific Diving, Uncategorized
Hi, my name is Elijah, and I will be talking about my experience with coral spawning at Mote and in the ocean. There will be two different places I will be talking about. The first subject will be about Mote and the other will be in the ocean. On 8/13/2022 there was...
by Katie Shoultz | Jul 31, 2022 | Mote, night dive, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
On Thursday we were in a MOTE coral nursery, restoring and helping staghorn coral. We did this by splitting into 2-3 groups and worked on coral trees made of PVC pipe. When corals are in a high density, the spread of disease is more efficient, just as it is with human...