greetings once again!
today marks day three of Marine Ecology...lectures are over and the remaining half of the week is being spent on field research and group lab reports
monday's rain didn't dampen the brief roadtrip we took to a seal pup colony 20 minutes north of kaikoura. we then stopped at meatworks and graveyard, two world-class surf spots to see how high-action waves affected coastal ecology (and surfer's satisfaction!), we capped the afternoon off with another brief observatory walk of the peninsula's intertidal platform
tuesday was filled with lectures on policy and management of natural resources in the AM, then afterlunch we conducted a 3 hour, on the reef group project, sampling intertidal species and gathering data
wednesday: synthesis of data collected yesterday into trends and worthwhile analysis. also composing student led project ideas for tomorrow, a 6AM start to all day collection of info from the area. my project: the correlation between several species of intertidal chiton to the substrate and zonation of which they are in integral part...not bad, huh? it will take me diving for chiton off the reef early tomorrow morning! good'on ya!
this afternoon, a few hour freediving session searching for paua, the large local abalone species off kaikoura peninsula
YES PLEASE!
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