Jetty Fieldtrip - Long Beach Peninsula
(measuring the abundance and distribution of 5 species of invertebrates on
either side of the jetty, and from the water line to the top of the jetty)
Balanus glandula
Nuttallina fluxa
Tetraclita rubescens
Beach Fieldtrip - Long Beach Peninsula
(measuring the abundance and diversity of invertebrates found on
a wave-exposed beach and a wave-protected beach)
Polychaete worm
Sculpin
Giant Western Nassa (Nassarius fossatus)
Armored Sea Star (Astropecten armatus)
Rocky Shore Fieldtrip - Pt. Fermin, San Pedro
(measuring the abundance and distribution of algae and invertebrates in the
upper, middle, and lower intertidal)
Ulva sp.
Feather Boa Kelp (Egregia menziesii)
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
Leaf Barnacle (Pollicipes polymerus)
Giant Owl Limpet (Lottia gigantea)
Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
Feather Boa Kelp and Surf Grass (Phyllospadix sp)
Shane with a Horn Shark Egg Case
Ghost Shrimp (Neotrypaea biffari)
Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)
Bolsa Chica Fieldtrip
(measuring feeding efficiency of birds in 3 feeding categories)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Adult Brown Pelican (photo: K. Huotari)
Brown Pelicans (photo: K. Huotari)
Offshore Fieldtrip
(collecting and measuring lengths of fish;
comparing age classes of the two most abundant species )
Boarding the RV Yellowfin
Mel Mandrup gives the safety speech
2nd Winter Heerman's Gull (Larus heermanni)
Otter Trawl
1st Catch - CA Spiny Lobsters (Panulirus interruptus )
Round Stingray (Urolophus halleri)
Parasitic Isopod from the Stingray
Butterfly Ray (Gymnura marmorata)
Daniel and a hermit crab
Students measuring fish
Pacific Electric Ray (Torpedo californica)
1st Year Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Pelican drying its feathers
Ryan and Tuan learning about Carbon
Live Coral Exhibit
Samantha and Melissa in front of the Tropical Reef Exhibit
Lionfish
Developing Shark Embryo in Egg Case
Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Finding Nemo?
Clownfish and False Clownfish
Leafy Sea Dragon
Seabird Egg Exhibit
Watching a Sea Otter Video (and live sea otters!)
Sea Jellies
Sea Jelly
King Crab
Very large Moray Eels and Spiny Lobsters
Garden Eel
Briana and Kristen petting Rays
Shovelnose Guitarfish
Bat Ray
Samantha learning about Pinnipeds
Sawtooth Shark