Professional Larval Shellfish Trackers
It’s a quiet morning and the light rocking of the floating dock, small lapping of tiny waves against the shore, and clunking of boots on weathered planks can be heard. The field team arranges gear on a small skiff that
Michelle and I have spent most of April and June in the Becker lab preparing polymerase chain reactions for each of the three species we are sampling this summer (Pacific geoduck clam, Pacific oyster, Manila clam). This is an extensive,
While we are working on this site, we’ve also been setting up a YouTube channel (under “Becker Lab”) to organize and disseminate some videos about shellfish larvae and our lab. We’re most excited about posting videos of larvae of some of