After unpacking the car, I began setting up my lab in Key Largo for the last time. I used two pieces of poster board for my photography station and made sure all of my containers were cleaned with fresh water. Once that was all finished, I reassembled my Biocube and wrote out the identification numbers, this time MAN_###, to stand for mangrove. To ensure I had a spot that I believed had the most biodiversity, I did a survey of the mangroves on kayak and by foot and found the best area on our property in conjunction to a canal that allowed larger organisms to pass through. Finally, I checked the tides for tomorrow so I could place my Biocube in the water on an incoming tide for maximum water flow.
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Olivia Cohen
Welcome to my blog for my senior project, An Investigation in Marine Biodiversity: Florida Keys. Over the summer I will be conducting four Biocubes (further explained in "About") in several locations in the Florida Keys. |