Saturday, May 17, 2014
5/17/14
I went to the aquarium today instead of tomorrow so that I could meet with a staff member who would help me with the biostatistics portion of my Olive Rockfish project. I also spent most of the day bleaching my tanks and scraping off the dried hot glue.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Blog 19
"I, Felicia Stears, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
My mentors Andres Carillo and Nicole Nakata, along with the staff of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, were my best sources. They really helped me complete my independent component.
A lot of the time I spent working on my trial 1 and 2 of my Olive Rockfish project. During this period I finished my trial 1, and began my trial 2, also participating in the young scientists symposium where I presented on my trial 1 findings to the public. I found that the Olive Rockfish fed smelt grew the most, both in length and girth, and the ones fed a mix of squid and smelt came in second and the ones that were fed only squid grew the least.
My mentors Andres Carillo and Nicole Nakata, along with the staff of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, were my best sources. They really helped me complete my independent component.
A lot of the time I spent working on my trial 1 and 2 of my Olive Rockfish project. During this period I finished my trial 1, and began my trial 2, also participating in the young scientists symposium where I presented on my trial 1 findings to the public. I found that the Olive Rockfish fed smelt grew the most, both in length and girth, and the ones fed a mix of squid and smelt came in second and the ones that were fed only squid grew the least.
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| Baby Swell Shark from the mane exhibit hall |
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| Shore Crabs from one of the times I went down to the tide pools to collect them for the octopus. |
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| What we think might be a nudibranch with eggs, not 100% sure |
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| I found this little guy in one of the water tables, we knew it was a nudibranch, just didn't know what kind. So we researched it and found that it was a Flabellina trilineata. |
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| Leopard Sharks from the mane exhibit hall |
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| Two Spot Octopus from the Aquatic Nursery. The little white things you see are her eggs. |
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| This is Olive Rockfish #7 |
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| Brittle Stars from the mane exhibit hall |
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| California Spiny Lobster |
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| This is from the night of the Young Scientist Symposium, I was stationed in front of the Fishing Pier tank to do my presentation. |
Sunday, May 4, 2014
5/04/14
Today was an excellent day at the aquarium. ALL of my Olive Rockfish ate today, which totally made my day. Cody told me later that the other rockfish, the Splitnose and Flag juveniles, were to be fed three times a day due to the fact that their heads were growing faster than their bodies so they were being starved or something like that. So I made them a mix of Cyclopeez, Mysid shrimp and Krill..... they don't stop eating. Then, one of the other volunteers brought in a baby Swell Shark and it was so cute!!!!
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