Claisse Lab @ Cal Poly Pomona
Brenda completes her
PADI Advanced Open Water certification with a nice photo!
Chelsea injects tetracycline
as part of her study to validate annual ring formation in Garibaldi otoliths (inner ear bones used for aging).
James and Austin
return from doing stereo-video surveys of fish on the PVR
Jacob records
Garibaldi gut contents data for his thesis research on spatial and habitat variation in their diets.
Jacob, Gabby, Jeremy & Austin
were in the mouth of a Great White Shark!
Austin heads out
to the LA Harbor breakwater to collect data for his thesis research.
Ben carefully lifts
a Pacific ELECTRIC Ray (Tetronarce californica) caught in a trawl during BIO4820L Biology of FIshes.
Jeremy, Ben and Chelsea
in front of the Hilma Hooker shipwreck in Bonaire.
Jeremy holds a
Pacific Seahorse (Hippocampus ingens) caught as part of a Vantuna Research Group fisheries inventory survey of San Deigo Bay.
James, Jacob and Austin
conduct fish habitat use surveys on the LA Habor breakwater.
Matthew operates
a small boat as part of the MOTC course.
Gabby processes
a Garibaldi stomach (pre-COVID - they smell bad) under the watchful eye of Jacob, while John watches and learns.
Albino Yellow Tang
(Zebrasoma flavescens) are very rare along the Kona Coast of Hawaii, but unique color patterns made them "naturally tagged" in the movement study.
Gabby, Brenda, John
and Sandra (CPP snail lab) on a weekend scuba certification course to Catalina through the BRIC, and Jacob was the divemaster!
Matt dissects
a Garibaldi stomach for Jacob's diet study.
Garibalid (Hypsypops rubicundus)
were captured alive using barrier nets, tagged and released as part of Chelsea's thesis research.
Whitney measures
and dissects Garibaldi guts for Jacob's diet study.
Salta Verde, Catalina Island
was sampled with the Vantuna Research Group as part of the longterm kelp forest MPA monitorng program.
Gabby holds
a large clam
James and Austin
are masked-up doing field work during the pandemic.
Round Stingrays
(Urolophus halleri) can be (carefully) held by their spines.
James and Jacob
discuss if inverts really are that important...
Piles of rocks
were visited at the quarry on Catalina Island as part of the design process for the Palos Verdes Reef Restoration Project.
Brenda
gets experience operating a small boat in the MOTC course
Gabby takes a break
from processing stereo-video data to check out the latest updates on CPP Biology's Twitter feed.
Austin and James
were out on one of SCMI's small research vessels amongst the big shipping vessels in LA Harbor.
Jacob is
the reason our side of the lab is so clean!
Jeremy and Chelsea
use diver opperated stereo-video camera systems in Bonaire.
Jacob (Padi SCUBA Instructor)
teaches an Open Water Recreational SCUBA certification course through the BRIC.
Jeremy at Begg Rock
as sea lions look on, during MPA monitoring surveys with the Vantuna Research Group (photo Jonathan Williams).
James holds a GPS
used to mark the location where Garibaldi were recaptured 14 months after initially being tagged for Chelsea's thesis project.
Jeremy herded
Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) into a monofilament barrier to capture them for fish movement and survival studies.
LA Harbor Breakwater
provides 7 miles of reef habitat.
Ben and Chelsea
get dinner after an arduous day of diving in Bonaire.
Yellow Tang
settle to the reef after 2 months in their planktonic larval stage at around 3 cm total length.
CPP Students practice
trailering small boats in the MOTC Boat Opperator Certification Course taught by SCMI.
Jacob at San Clemete Island
during a dive trip with the VRG to survey MPAs and collect Garibaldi for Chelsea's & Jacob's thesis research.
Austin and James
get ready for a day of diving at SCMI while Austin simultaneously promotes peace.
Waipio Valley lookout
was visted during the field trip for BIO 4580 - Ecology and Conservation of Hawaiian Ecosystems.
Jeremy wanders
into the blue during a saftey stop... not sure what was he looking at.
Sunrise at SCMI
A Yellow Tang
took cover in the reef along the Kona Coast of Hawaii.
Buddy Dive in Bonaire
has been the home base for student spring break, SCUBA certification, and research trips.
San Clemente Island
is beautiful and green in the winter.
Jeremy swims
with a stereo-video camera which can take very precise measurements of fish lengths.
They're called seaWEEDS
for a reason...