Biology 314: 2004-2005

This year's participants (l to r): Jen Brown, Courtney Perdue, Hollie Hall, Amy Hryn, Stefanie Huffer, Scott Lindquist,

Lauren Ranivand, Scott Andresini, Molly Meek, Andrew Deppensmith, and Jeremy Ingram

Here we are, working in the water:

When we get return to the lab, we identify all of the creatures we've seen.

Here is a sampling of some of those creatures:

Blue Tang

Porcupinefish.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Red-Lipped Blenny

Coney (top) and Queen Triggerfish

Southern Stingrays (with Bar Jack and Smooth Trunkfish in association)

Ocean Triggerfish

Bandtail Pufferfish

Squirrelfish

Red Shrimp

Gray Reef Shark (unfortunately, the students missed this find)

Bermuda Chub

Staghorn Coral with a school of immature Blue-headed Wrasses

Boring Urchin

Terminal Phase Stoplight Parrotfish

Spotted Eagle Ray

Terminal Phase Blue-headed Wrasse

Glass-eyed Snapper

Peacock Flounder (look closely, it's right there)

Nassau Grouper and (small) Creole Wrasse

Elkhorn Coral and Blue Chromis

Black Durgon

Trumpetfish

French Grunts, Squirrelfish, and Blue-headed Wrasse

Courtney shows us a Donkey-dung Sea Cucumber

Sea Whips and Christmas Tree Hydroids

Andrew and Lauren show us a Cushion Star

We also saw many things on land as well:

Andrew finds a dead piece of brain coral.

The students study a large snail.

We visit Watling's castle.

Our resident botanist (Dr. Nancy Cowden) shows us how to recognize poisonwood.

Osprey

Magnificent Frigatebird.

The remains of a boat on which 22 Haitian refugees landed on San Salvador.

Each pair of students completed a project during the last few days.

Jen and Amy studied the use of disposed conch shells.

Here you see one inhabited by a Slippery Dick Wrasse.

Courtney and Stefanie examined migration by the periwinkles in the intertidal zone.

You can see their marked snails below.

Molly and Lauren studied the schooling behavior of Yellow Goatfish (shown below).

Scott and Andrew studied feeding associations in the Giant Anemone.

Scott and Jeremy studied vigilance behavior in Hermit Crabs relative to their shell choice and habitat.

After we took the final exam, the beach was students' choice - we went to Sanddollar Beach.

Before we leave, we weigh all of the luggage for the charter flights.

Good-bye San Salvador!