Congratulations To The 2010 Marine Biology Crew:
Our 2009-2010 Marine Biology crew has been selected and is ready to go. This will be our second group to work within our online network here at SaintJoe H2O. After a summer of reflection and innovation... this site will certainly become even more important as we go forward with our studies. This will also be the first group to sail & explore the reefs of the lower Florida Keys (as opposed to Andros Is., Bahamas) during our Spring field study. This switch will give us- a different look at the overall region, a set of veteran sailboat captains who are familiar with (and committed to) our mission, a much more economically feasible field study, etc.
Turnout for the program this year was really super with exactly 30 applicants. As you know, we only have room to accept 18 students, so we also have the challenge of selecting a dynamic group. Selection for the final four or five spots was particularly difficult. These students are coming to the program with a ton of academic accomplishments already. Join me in welcoming them...
The Marine Biology class of 2009-2010 is:
Carsen Berry
Briana Dickinson
Jessica Foster
Brett Gilpin
Lauren King
Jeremy Larsen
Abby Lucas
Baleigh McCrary
Mackenzie Moore
Andrew Nordbye
Casi Paolillo
Hannah Rush
Bryce Shields
Taylor Snider
Paula Toalson
Morgan Wacker
Corvette Way
Brooke West
Teachers for the 2010 field study are:
Sean Nash
Erin Nash
Jennifer Toalson
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Comment by Brett Gilpin on June 1, 2009 at 10:06am - I don't think we really do need it, but if you want we can do it.
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Comment by Nicole Rohr on June 1, 2009 at 8:53am - Congratulations everyone on being chosen for this fantastic class! I hope you enjoy all of it and have a great time in the Florida Keys. :)
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Comment by Sean Nash on June 1, 2009 at 8:34am -
I rarely use extra code beyond what is done by the seven standard formatting icons above the text box.
But yes, when you really need some other snippet of code to make something stand out, feel free to add it in. Most things I have tried do work in Ning. Would it be valuable to add a blog post somewhere that won't stick up on the front page... that is just for html "tests?" I suppose not many would use it, but we can certainly add that.
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Comment by Brett Gilpin on May 31, 2009 at 7:53pm
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All the links to people reminds me of a question to ask. What kind of coding are you using? The ones I used for my site were
{a href="link"} what you want it to say {/a} for links
{img src="imagelink"} for images in a text box.
{em}{/em} for italics
{strong}{strong} for a barely visible bold.
I'm wondering if blockquote works
Florida Keys
Yes it does, so {blockquote}{/blockquote} for that.
All the { are actually < and all the } are >
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Comment by Erin Nash on May 31, 2009 at 4:47pm -
Welcome everyone! It really does seem to be a great group this year! I am already looking forward to the trip and working with all of you. Also, I think it will be really exciting to visit the Florida Keys!
Congratulations all!
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thanks for that on the supralittoral/littoral thing. I guess I should have had my notes in front of me when I wrote that. I had in a big box that said LITTORAL and not supralittoral. And since I did get that wrong on here I probably got that stuck...
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.
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