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Landlocked
The little boats here can’t go out in strong winds, so today we were land-based and started working on our group projects. Our topic was mangroves – we decided to compare species diversity in mangrove creeks on opposite sides of the Cape. Once we came up with a plan, we presented our ideas to the…
eo271 January 10th, 2018 Bahamas Bahamas, Biology, Field Course Fornight, FieldBahamas, ray, research, Shark
Catching Rays
This morning we had dish duty, helping out the fantastic kitchen staff with setting out food and washing up. So many dirty dishes… We split into groups today – mine went to Deep Creek to hunt for stingrays. The creeks were expanses of shallow, milky-blue water through which we spent all day wading. They weren’t…
eo271 January 5th, 2018 Bahamas Bahamas, FieldBahamas, mangroves, Marine Biology, research, stingrays, wildlife
Team Bahamas 2018!
Welcome! I hope you all are enjoying the holiday season. As of today, there is just ONE WEEK to go until the Bahamas field course, during which a team of University of Exeter students will be getting stuck into research and conservation in the watery world of the Bahamas. Until then, I’m going to cover…
eo271 December 27th, 2017 Bahamas Bahamas, Biology, Coral, Field Course, Marine Biology, research
Wildlife of San Gerardo
15th January Our assessed presentations are now out of the way, and it’s time to head to our next location for the field course, but not before a quick stop at the hummingbird cafe! This cafe has a number of sugar feeders that attract a wide variety of hummingbirds, providing the perfect place to see…
sf343 January 26th, 2017 Costa Rica, Costa Rica archive biological station, camera traps, conservation, Costa Rica, eco tourism, Field Course, hammocks, Hummingbirds, jungle, mexican deer mouse, olingo, research, San Gerardo, scenery, sunrise, Tortuguero, vampire bats, views, volcano
Perfect Presentations
15th January After two days of data collection and frantic presentation prep the time to show off our findings has arrived! Here’s a summary of a few of the brilliant research topics from Field Course Costa Rica this year… Begonia Group Why do begonia leaves have varying drip tip numbers? For our group project we…
sf343 January 25th, 2017 Costa Rica, Costa Rica archive bark beetles, begonia, biological station, coatis, cohesion, Costa Rica, dominance, drip tips, edge effects, elevations, epidendrum radicans, epiphyls, Field Course, food quality, herbivory, Hummingbirds, insect variation, leafcutter ants, Monteverde, olingo, Playa Grande, pollination, presentations, research