Comparative sediment grab samples under log booming zones
Experiential Science studies in marine environments have included population studies (with a focus on the development of exotics ie. the varnish clam), inter-tidal zone transects in different types of shorelines, food web analysis in inter-tidal zones, benthic studies with a focus on changes between benthic populations under booming areas, under fish farms and in open areas. We have been conducting many of these studies in conjunction with the Cowitichin Bay Marine Ecology Station.
Between 1997 and 2003 Bill Austin with the Cowitichin Bay Marine Ecology Station. assisted ES clqsses in conducting comparative benthic studies of samples taken from under old log booming areas with those taken in Samsons Narrows. We washed the sediment, divided the samples and identified and counted invertebrates found in the different samples. The classes them compared the results and used their findings to discuss the impacts of log booming on benthic environments.
Experiential Science studies in marine environments have included population studies (with a focus on the development of exotics ie. the varnish clam), inter-tidal zone transects in different types of shorelines, food web analysis in inter-tidal zones, benthic studies with a focus on changes between benthic populations under booming areas, under fish farms and in open areas. We have been conducting many of these studies in conjunction with the Cowitichin Bay Marine Ecology Station.
Between 1997 and 2003 Bill Austin with the Cowitichin Bay Marine Ecology Station. assisted ES clqsses in conducting comparative benthic studies of samples taken from under old log booming areas with those taken in Samsons Narrows. We washed the sediment, divided the samples and identified and counted invertebrates found in the different samples. The classes them compared the results and used their findings to discuss the impacts of log booming on benthic environments.