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Real Science in The Real World
Prior to venturing across the Atlantic Ocean the #FieldBahamas team was divided into smaller project groups and given a topic that they would research as part of the field course. With bad weather conditions still imminent the research projects were moved forward as they were less weather dependent than the activities you will read about…
jj329 January 22nd, 2017 Bahamas, Bahamas archive anthropogenic, aquatic, Behavioural Ecology 2016, Biodiversity, conch, conservation, Coral, Destruction, development, ecology, Field Course Fornight, FieldBahamas, invertebrates, jellyfish, marine, ocean, oceanacidification, travel, univeristyofexeter, urchins
Field Bahamas top tips for protecting Coral Reefs
Coral Reefs are one of the oldest and most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet. Appearing first as solitary organisms more than 400 million years ago, corals are extremely ancient animals that evolved into modern reef-building forms over the last 25 million years. Teeming with life, coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean…
lbj203 December 24th, 2016 Bahamas, Bahamas archive anthropogenic, Bahamas, Biodiversity, conservation, Coral, Destruction, field course fortnight, FieldBahamas, marine, Reefs, univeristyofexeter