-
Taylor Braby
- Female
- St. Joseph, MO
- United States
- Share
- Blog Posts (12)
- Discussions (4)
- Events
- Groups (2)
- Photos
- Photo Albums
- Videos
Music
Taylor Braby's Page
Latest Activity
ANDROS FIELD STUDY at on three sailboats in the sapphire & turquoise waters of the Bahamas
April 3, 2009 at 12pm to April 11, 2009 at 10pm
Marine Biology field study on Andros Island, Bahamas.
We will fly into Ft. Lauderdale, stay Friday night, then fly out to Andros early on Saturday to spend the week aboard three 45-foot sailboats along the coast of Andros... and the world's third...
Will any of the media projects actually get published in National Geographic?
Profile Information
- High School:
- Central
- The last three CD's I purchased/downloaded were:
- MIA, MGMT, Bob Marley
- My favorite subject during the regular school day is:
- World History
- Extracurricular activities I am involved in at school:
- Swim Team, Cross-Country
- My interests (other than school) are:
- Reading, Swimming, Shopping, Listening to Music
Taylor Braby's Blog
The Next Step: Reserves
I would first like to start out by saying that I agree with Osha about how scientists do speak in jargon and half the time nobody knows what they are saying. I experienced this myself while reading this chapter. Its no wonder that the common citizen doesn’t want to help save the reefs, it’s because they don’t understand what is being said and what exactly is going on in the reefs that need to be saved. If you want to get the average person to help or abide with the… Continue
Posted on November 3, 2008 at 7:05pm — 5 Comments
The Inseparable Braid
Chapter 11 was a big eye opener for me because I never knew exactly what was going on when the reefs were being disintegrated and destroyed by humans. Blast fishing, holding pens, and cyanide are all used to deplete the reef and I had no idea… Continue
Posted on October 20, 2008 at 5:42pm — 1 Comment
Bad Perceptions and Misunderstandings
Chapter 10 was a good introductory chapter for the Human/Nature part of the book. This chapter really puts me in my place when it comes to being terrestrial and just plain absent-minded. I have never been a proactive environmentalist or even worried about the reef because it doesn’t affect me. I know that sounds extremely selfish but I’m one of those people who has to see it to believe it and by time I see anything that would result from the destroying of the reefs it would be too late. I believ… Continue
Posted on October 5, 2008 at 10:22pm — 1 Comment
Who said turtles can't cry?
I guess I never really understood the ways of turtles or why some people loved to have them as pets. My cousins used to raise turtles and one day they convinced me that I had to have one. So what did I do? I brought one home of course. After a few weeks of a continuous bore fest I threw the turtle into a creek that was close to my house. This story was the first thing that came to mind when I read the word "turtle" but it got me to thinking, "Do all kinds of turtles mate and lay eggs the same wa… Continue
Posted on September 15, 2008 at 5:04pm — 2 Comments
A Song of Love and Death
Something that is really inspiring to reef enthusiast everywhere is how a young man not even out of college could make such a great discovery about the reproductive habits of coral. Jamie Oliver did just that even if everybody was against their theory. Jamie and his team pressed on to find exactly what they were looking for. "Finally, in the spring of 1981, the group placed several corals in a large aquarium and waited for spawning. They were like nervous fathers in a hospital waiting room." (Da… Continue
Posted on August 12, 2008 at 9:30am — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 10:13pm on September 14, 2008,
Sean Nash said… - absolutely! ;-)
- At 9:42pm on July 1, 2008,
Osha said… - Great, I'm glad it worked!
- At 9:04pm on June 22, 2008,
Sean Nash said…
- call me bext time you are ready and i'll talk you through it. or just sit down with someone to watch it.
perhaps some of you could plan a "post party" before the next due date!?!
;-)
- At 2:09pm on June 16, 2008,
Korby Trautman said… - Yea, i think she told me that were related somehow...
- At 11:09am on June 16, 2008,
Sean Nash said…
- no problem... just let it go.
;-)
- At 7:02pm on June 13, 2008,
Sean Nash said…
- ps- don't kill the one with comments.
;-)
- At 6:52pm on June 13, 2008,
Sean Nash said…
- hey taylor... you posted to your blog twice. can you go back in and delete one?
thanks!
- At 8:33pm on June 4, 2008,
Torin McKinley said… - hey Taylor! we gonna learn about some fissh.
WATER...
warm
tropical
water
flowing
ever
so slowly
...northward
tropical
water
flowing
ever
so slowly
...northward
About
Latest Activity
I thought last weeks discussion was very interesting. The thing that amazed me were the atolls and how they were formed. I realized that these atolls were old volcanoes that were islands, but the coral grew around the volcano, causing it to sink f...
Use the space below to reflect on our latest class session... and introduction to the ins & outs of coral reef formation.
The slide set we used to facilitate our chat can be viewed here: (soon)
In the space below, tell what connections you made ...
yes, and yes... and also simply trap it within a structure they can close. think: mollusks.
I understand now. That helps.
To an extent. Does this mean they find water to make gills efficient, or does it mean they produce a saliva or water based substance to clear up their needs?
Whoa. That's sick to think algae is in all those common everyday things Americans eat. Didn't he also say it was in gum. Or am I totally making that up? I'll have to check up on that.
You did an awesome job looking up all those definitions. I'm a visual learner too, so when I was making my post. I opened up my Marine Biology book. I have to see it in person, or in pictures to understand something. One thing I think we all didn'...
Also, I have a quick question. In this picture, is this considered a tide pool? I am confused because it is not in an enclosed pool but it still has to go through the different levels of high-tide and low-tide.
So I love chocolate milk and pudding so this is a cool way to connect the ocean and the foods we eat to people like me who are not to much of sea food fans. I never would have guessed but i would have never really thought about it either.
Hey this is what mine is about. There are the four different levels and that pretty much determines how much sun and water each are exposed to, i think.
I, being the procrastinator, am just starting to do this assignment (you know the one that is due in just a couple of hours). Therefore, I am doing this two weeks after the lesson and the thing that stuck with me the most was the tide pools. The p...
Before last class period I knew nothing about oceanic zones, I learned that there are two main oceanic zones called the pelagic and the Benthic zones both of which are seperated into smaller zones within them. I also learned that light penetrates ...
Hmmmm..... I see it here just fine.
Nicely done.
What happened to my reply? When you click on Zones & Trophic levels and then go to the last page, you don't see mine at all, but if you go over to the Latest Activity and hit the "replied" link, you can see it.
During class, we began to talk about seaweed. When Mr. Nash asked if we knew what it felt like, I hadn't, because I'd never really seen seaweed in real life. I've been to an ocean and all, but never been to a spot that wasn't a beach where tons of...
Remember... the trophic pyramid is real. It is just that above coral reefs... it seems to be "inverted." Of course, this cannot be. There is simply no way to consume more than is produced. Thus, we spoke of the trophic pyramid on a coral reef as b...
Again... excellent clarification of some possible confusion between supralittoral... and littoral.
Apparent inverted trophic pyramid... apparent. It really cannot be inverted. In fact, this is related to the Law of Conservation of Mass/Energy.
Photos
Recent visitors:
from ScienceDaily:
Penguins and sea lions help produce new atlas
Recording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, conservation scientists have released the first-ever atlas of the Patagonian Sea -- a globally important but poorly understood South American marine ecosystem.Fish food fight: Fish don't eat trees after all, says new study
Recent theories suggesting that half of fishes' food comes from from land-based ecosystems may not hold water. Experiments show that algae, not land-based matter, is needed to build healthy and fertile aquatic organisms.California's ancient kelp forest
The kelp forests off southern California are considered to be some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet, yet a new study indicates that today's kelp beds are less extensive and lush than those in the recent past.Sponges recycle carbon to give life to coral reefs
Coral reefs live in some of the most nutrient deficient waters on the planet, so how do they survive? Marine biologists have discovered that certain sponges could be the key to reef survival. They recycle dissolved organic carbon that is unavailable to other reef residents.Evolution of highly toxic box jellyfish unraveled
With thousands of stinging cells that can emit deadly venom from tentacles that can reach ten feet in length, the 50 or so species of box jellyfish have long been of interest to scientists and to the public. Yet little has been known about the evolution of this early branch in the animal tree of life. Researchers have now unraveled the evolutionary relationships among the various species of box jellyfish, thereby providing insight into the evolution of their toxicity.© 2009 Created by Sean Nash
