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| This is what the seagrass we were surveying looks like. It is known as Halodule Wrightii. |
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
Skylar Kaminsky, U.R. - First experience in the field
My first experience in the field was at the Indian River Lagoon in Oak Hill. It was January 31st, 2014. Though it was raining even before I arrived at the boat, I knew Dr. Woodall would not cancel our survey of the seagrass over a little drizzle. Even before we left to arrive at where we would do our survey we ran into a few small delays. One such delay was when we didn't have enough life jackets and had to wait a few minutes while Dr. Woodall acquired more. When we finally left the dock to our designated location, I was a little anxious to see how everything would go. Would it go smoothly or a bit more on the rough side? Fortunately everything went very smoothly and relaxing. The water might have been cold, but with the wetsuit I warmed quickly. Fortunately I purchased scuba booties the day before and was able to break them in, keeping my feet warm also. Taking the data down was much easier than I thought it would be. After we finished our first location, ate lunch, and started to travel to our second location, we saw many dolphins. It was interesting to see so many of them everywhere, just swimming around minding their own business. Even though it was overcast, raining, windy, and the water was cold, I would go back tomorrow.
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I had so much fun doing the sea grass transects too! The picture that you posted underneath your post looks like the sea grass is pretty healthy and long compared to some of the sea grass that we saw when we were out in the field (also not covered in a lot of algae either). But one question that I did have is how well did the sea grass look at the second transect compared to the first one? I did notice that the current was really picking up at the second transect we went to, and you had to wear a weight belt to help support yourself since you were so far out compared to the rest of the group. Was there more sea grass growth at the first transect compared to the second one because the current was heavier at the second transect? Was it the same? It could be the other way around as well? Either way, it was an amazing experience and hopefully we will be able to do it again.
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