Professional Larval Shellfish Trackers
This month we say goodbye to part of the Becker Lab. It seems like yesterday when I posted about their arrival! Now that spring quarter is over, the students taking the ten-week research experience class have finished their projects and
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,
What makes for a good day of field work? Finding plenty of good data? Having nice weather? Having unexpectedly gracious hosts? Being able to sleep in? Having our day filmed by a professional photographer? Our field day at Mud Bay
Our first field day was on May 7, the day that everyone was waiting for during the past six weeks. Our research group has been working hard, planning and preparing field gear for this day. Everyone was so excited. Finally,
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The time has been flying by so fast, as our Research Experience class is now already in our fourth week of the quarter! Last week (April 16), we had our second lab day at Manchester Environmental Services National Lab. There,
Our current research class project is to look at the restoration of Olympia oysters in Washington. On April 9, 2015, we went to the Puget Sound Restoration Fund hatchery site in Manchester where they are trying to restore the populations
After a lonely winter with just me and Megan (@BivalveFanatic) holding down the fort, our lab is full of life again. This February, UWT alumna Michelle McCartha (@Geoduck_Pac) joined our group as a technician to take the lead on the