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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
Invasive fish, Deep Sea mystery and elusive Stingrays
#FieldBahamas made it to Cape Eleuthera! But so too did a major storm system… students were beginning to think they had arrived in the Arctic not the Caribbean! Despite the weather blowing plan A, B, and probably C out the water we managed to start the field course with 3 days of species exploration, dissections…
lbj203 January 21st, 2017 Bahamas, Bahamas archive Biology, conservation, Field Course Fornight, FieldBahamas, marine, universityofexeter
UnbeLAVAble!!
Day 2 started with a lecture from Brent (a Spanish-speaking Kiwi/ island biogeography expert #ScientistGoals) about his team’s research around the Canary Islands. They have been sampling for beetles and conducting genetic analyses to work out who came from where, and how ancient landslides have influenced the arthropod populations on Tenerife by forming ecological barriers…
mk396 January 12th, 2017 Tenerife, Tenerife archive Field Course Fornight, Field Tenerife, Tenerife
Countdown to Costa Rica!
With Christmas now behind us Field Course Fortnight is only just around the corner and therefore current final year bioscience and masters students will be preparing for what is sure to be the trip of a lifetime. In the last days before we jet off to our respective exotic destinations we will be frantically checking…
sf343 December 28th, 2016 Costa Rica, Costa Rica archive Biodiversity, Bioscience, Costa Rica, Field Course Costa Rica, Field Course Fornight, Glass frog, Hummingbirds, Jaguars, Monteverde, Sea turtles, Three-toed sloth, Tropical frogs, university of exeter