My Last Day on The Field... October 25, 2015

Hello everyone! I wanted to share with you all some photos from my last day collecting samples at Soundview Park.

I unfortunately tripped over a rock and broke my camera, but luckily Liz Summit was where with her camera! Thank You Liz for the great pic! everyone visit her blog! http://www.lizsummit.com/blog/2015/10/27/oyster-monitoring 

Here is my boyfriend, Steve helping me collect sediment cores:

 

Here I am actually collecting the sediment core:

 

This is how the oysters from the oyster crates are measured:

 

These are glass shrimps, commonly found among the oysters:

 

This is Dr. Fitzgerald. Shout out and Thank you to her for taking me to Soundview and showing me the ropes on the reef :)

 

This is me after collecting all my samples.

 

October 26th, ready to filter my last Liters of water. (go to lab note 2 for filtering process)

 

Thank you to all my backers, friends, family and colleagues for the support!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: I reached my goal of $1,450 :) Please still spread the word! Exceeding the goal is the next step!

Enjoy the pictures! Please comment and like lab notes :)

Sincerely a Young Scientist,

Irena Werner