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From
the Field:
Destination - Exuma Islands
Shedd Aquarium's 2003 Bahamian Expedition
Updates:
May
22, 2003 - Gaulin Cay: Helping to Monitor the Island Iquanas
May
20, 2003 - A Sunrise Search for White-tailed Tropicbirds
May
18, 2003 - Bush Hill and Little Wax Cay: A Full Day on Land
and in the Water
May 17, 2003 -
Exuma Islands, Bahamas
This is
a story of an annual journey: a yearly pursuit of knowledge, experience
and a quest to conserve a species or two. For the next two weeks,
Shedd Aquarium's research vessel, the R/V Coral Reef II will serve
as a floating classroom and laboratory for 16 eager college students
from Chicago. The Coral Reef II, along with her three masterful
crewmembers, will transport these students, their instructors and
their cargo from Nassau through the northern Exuma archipelago.
By the end of their odyssey, these students will have encountered
hundreds of species of plants, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish,
coral and other marine invertebrates. Their field notebooks will
be filled with pages of wildlife observations, experimental protocols
and descriptive narratives of their own unique experiences. After
a semester's worth of course work and an ample layer of sunscreen
(SPF "the higher, the better"), they're ready to dive-in!
Check back with Aquanews for daily reports from the field. If you
have a question for the students, researchers, instructors or boat
crew, send us an email at coralreef@globalsatellite.us.
Just put "Aquanews" in the subject
line, so we'll know it's for us. We'd love to share our Bahamian
adventure with you!
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