This past Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon I took my marine biology students to the rocky intertidal at Natural Bridges State Beach. We completely lucked out with the weather; the storm system that brought some of the rain that we desperately need had cleared out, leaving calm, clear seas and little wind. Perfect weather for taking students…
Tag: natural history
A tale of two anemones
Over the Memorial Day weekend I took my students out on the early morning low tides at Natural Bridges State Beach. While they were ooh-ing and ahh-ing and filling out their assignment worksheet, I was playing around with my new camera, taking pictures in the water. Because I am not a photographer and sea anemones…
Easy come, easy go
As I suspected, the little Dendronotus veligers didn’t last very long. On Wednesday the very last survivors had kicked the proverbial bucket. All that was left in the jar was some debris and scum from leftover food. They lasted nine days post-hatching, which is about the norm for me when I’ve tried to raise nudibranch…