Coral Reef Ecology
This is a blog post by Andi Haas, a PhD student in our lab, following the other side of field research.
While the majority of the lab is on a field cruise, generating data for future scientific publications, others are still working in the lab, processing samples collected on the last field trip [...]
This is a blog post by Levi Lewis, a PhD student in our lab, that follows his diving experience at Kingman Reef in the Line Islands.
“Getting it at Kingman Reef”
By Levi Lewis
“Okay, I get it.” Dr. Sandin (fish team) was wondering what I thought of my first dive on Kingman Reef, [...]
This is a blog post from Emily Kelly, a PhD student in our lab, following her current research in Hawaii.
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I’ve just returned from three months of diving and running experiments in Maui (what a great job!) and as I sit in my San Diego office pouring over datasheets, I miss the daily tropical [...]
by Katie Barott, member of the Microbe Team
Life on the reef is a constant battle for survival. For corals, the struggle begins as soon as the coral larva attaches itself to something on the bottom and starts to establish some space for itself. No space on the bottom is unoccupied. Every location is colonized [...]
by Jen Smith, head researcher on the Benthic Team
Prior to setting out on this expedition, I really had no idea how the Benthic Team was going to accomplish the goal we had set: performing three separate experiments at each island given no more than four days each. It [...]
