Samantha Arsenault

Aloha everyone! Sorry for the silence! We have some exciting news. Our shells have been sent out for isotope analysis! Half of our shells were shipped to UC Santa Cruz's Stable Isotope Laboratory f...

Aloha everyone! We are just about ready to ship our shells to the UC Davis Stable Isotope Facility! At this facility, our shells will undergo 13C and 18O isotope analysis, giving us valuable inform...

I am very excited to announce that our project has been selected to receive a $2,200 grant from the Conchologists of America to support our research! The Conchologists of America fund laboratory re...

Aloha everyone! We are hard at work cleaning our shells to prepare them for shipping and isotope analysis. Time for another shell update! We are planning on sending oru shells to the UC Davis Stabl...

Aloha everyone! Exciting news! We have begun preparing our shells for shipping! Each isotope facility requires shells be prepared in slightly different ways, but they all have one thing in common: ...

Aloha everyone! I am very excited to announce that our project has been selected to receive a 2022 Student Research Grant from the Paleontological Society! Specifically, we have been selected to re...

Aloha everyone! I wanted to share with you some more of our raw preliminary data. We conducted isotope analysis on six shells (of multiple genera) in Summer 2019, which have given us valuable infor...

Aloha everyone! I wanted to share with you some of our raw preliminary data. We have conducted isotope analysis on six shells (of multiple genera), which have given us valuable information about wh...

Aloha everyone! I would like to tell you all about the beautiful location our shells were gathered from.Ka'ena Point State Park is located on the dry, western-most point of O'ahu, and features two ...