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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Reflections Grace

(OCE1001L)

My original study was lion fish, however this changed when the invasive species was so difficult to find.
 
The Oceanography lab was without doubt my favorite class. It really put into perspective for me that life and science and everything we work towards in college happens out in the field. I learned that I cannot truly be successful in what I am doing unless I have to figure out what must happen, why it must happen and how to make it happen. Science is not clean as I learned in my semester project of dissecting fish for their otoliths. Science is not taking other scientists' work and drawing conclusions. Science is forming your own question and deciding how it can be answered and why it matters to anyone even if its just you.


 
Flopping Flounder
 
Redfish
 
Lunate

 

Featherdusters
 

My final study: otoliths



Its almost scary knowing that college after Daytona State College and a career and life after that are becoming so close. I know I want to make a difference in the world, just as Angela wants to make a difference in the plastic that populates not only our nearby shores, but oceans and beaches all over the world. I want to do something that helps everyone directly and what I think will do that is studying environmental engineering (which includes chemistry).

My last question: If humans have otoliths, do our otoliths have rings that determine out age?
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  1. UnknownDecember 12, 2013 at 6:11 AM

    Since you can't catch yourself a human to extract his or her otoliths (imagine how messy that would get), I wonder if other mammals have them as well and you could test e.g. a pig otoliths acquired from a butcher shop first?

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  2. Deb 'n PaulDecember 12, 2013 at 8:09 AM

    hahahaha---When I read your 'Last Question' I had to laugh because my first thought was....I have a few students I'd be willing to donate to your research cause ;-)

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