 Current
Field Reports |
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Belize: Home of the Manatee |
From a remote mangrove island off the coast of Belize, biologist Marie-Lys Bacchus reports on life in the field with the Earthwatch 'Manatees in Belize' Research Project.
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Fur Seals of the Pribilof Islands |
In partnership with the North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium, AquaNews presents a series of exclusive field reports from researcher Pamela Lestenkof, who discusses her life and research on northern fur seals in Alaska's Pribilof Islands.
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Ongoing;
last updated
August 2005 |
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Guardians
of the Strait |
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summer, a small but dedicated group of
educators and researchers run three programs
in B.C.'s Johnstone Strait to educate
boaters and visitors about local killer
whale populations. Read their exclusive
field reports only on AquaNews. |
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Ongoing;
last updated
Dec. 2004 |
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Endless
Skies, Endless Waters |
Biologist
Mandy Hengeveld reports on her work
surveying coral reef ecosystems in the
Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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Past
Field Reports |
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Turtle Tracking: Saving a Species, One Turtle at a Time |
| In January 2004, four Vancouver Aquarium-raised loggerhead sea turtles were released into the Pacific Ocean off Japan. Two of the turtles were fitted with satellite tracking tags, helping researchers to study their range and patterns of migration. |
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Completed
October 2005 |
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Steller
Watch: A Year in the Life |
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team of Steller sea lion researchers from
the University of British Columbia reports
from a remote Alaskan island on their
year-long field study. |
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Completed
August 2005 |
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Yaqara
Bay: Bay of Plenty |
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group of researchers from California's
Loma Linda University are venturing to
a little-known part of Fiji on a scientific
mission of mercy. Their research on Yaqara
Bay's aquatic invertebrates may help to
have the region designated as a Marine
Protected Area. |
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Completed August 2004 |
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The
Limestone Log |
| Staff
and volunteers with the Laskeek Bay Conservation
Society Seabird Monitoring Program report
from secluded Limestone Island, in the
Queen Charlotte Islands/Haida Gwaii, on
the long-term monitoring program of seabirds
and marine mammals, and on life as a field
researcher in these remote islands. |
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Completed
July 2004 |
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The
Dusky Dolphins of Kaikoura |
| Jody
Weir writes from the south island of
New Zealand on her research into a unique
population of dusky dolphins.
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Completed
June 2003 |
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The Coral
Cay Conservation Malaysia Reefs and Islands
Conservation Project |
| From
a reef-fringed island off the coast of
Peninsular Malaysia, Coral Cay Conservation
(CCC) biologist Mandy Hengeveld reports
on reef surveys, coral conservation initiatives
and life as a field researcher in the
Perhentian Islands. |
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Completed
May 2003
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Shedd
Aquarium's 2003 Bahamian Expedition |
| This
is a story of an annual journey: a pursuit
of knowledge and experience, and a quest
to conserve a species or two. For two
weeks each year, Shedd Aquarium's research
vessel, the R/V Coral Reef II, serves
as a floating classroom and laboratory
for 16 eager college students from Chicago. |
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Completed
March 2003 |
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The
Earthwatch 'Manatees in Belize' Research
Project |
Biologist
Megan Saunders reports on life as a
field biologist from a remote mangrove
island off the coast of Belize.
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