FINALLY! The last field trip of the semester! I was demonstrating for Marine 202 field trip this weekend. Luckily the weather was great! It was a bit cold, but at least we were dry :) The students were doing cockles (Austrovenus stutchburyi) count along the muddy coast of Whangateau Harbour, to determine the density and size of the cockles distribution. There was a mass mortality of cockles in early 2009, and thus they were doing surveys to see if the population has recovered. After this trip, they would have to write a scientific report of the data they collected. Hanieh (another demonstrator) and I are in-charge of marking their papers this year.
I was there for the 2009 trip. I remember how few we had to actually count because of all the empty shells. Have fun marking those papers!
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