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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Best of the Drop-In 2009
by Erin Loury, Ichthyology Lab With only a few hours left in 2009, it’s time for a whirlwind year in review! Click through to take in some of the great Moss Landing Marine Lab adventures we posted this year … Continue reading
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Closing Camp and the Long Ride Home
Now, sitting on the Russian ship, I feel drained. I just took the first consistently hot shower I’ve had in 5 months. Watching the rust-tinged water drain away, I felt like I was being wasteful. I’m too clean, the ship … Continue reading
Cool Creatures: Flashy firefly squid rival any holiday light display
by Erin Loury, Ichthyology Lab Happy Holidays from The Drop-In! Our gift to you is a Creature Feature of one our most popular celebrities. “Firefly squid” and “bioluminescent squid” are some of the most frequent search terms that lead … Continue reading
The gift of Science (magazine, that is)
Are you an educator that could benefit from copies of Science magazine in your classroom? Many MLML graduate students currently receive free subscriptions of Science as part of the AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science. It’s a great way for … Continue reading
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Is this the “End of the Line” for fishing? Come watch and see for yourself
by Mariah Boyle, Ichthyology Lab Hi, this is Mariah, an ichythyology student here at MLML. I want to let you know that a local non-governmental organization (NGO) I work for, FishWise, is hosting a screening of The End of the … Continue reading
Searching for missing penguins and avoiding projectile bird vomit
by Kristen Green, Ichthyology Lab Before leaving my Antarctic camp last spring, we still had biological work to do which was a welcome break from the monotony of packing. The first was a last ditch effort to retrieve the last … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctica, birds, penguins, science equipment
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Science Cafe Dec. 9: Mapping Wetlands in Central CA
It’s time for another steaming cup of science and discussion at the MLML Science Cafe! Our speakers will be Ross Clark, Kevin O’Connor and Sierra Ryan of the Central Coast Wetland Group. Come hear them describe the historical ecology of … Continue reading
Photo of the Week: Here’s Looking at – Who?
Counting birds is harder than its sounds when your place of observation is the ocean, not a bird feeder. This week’s photo features Brian Hoover of the Vertebrate Ecology Lab up in Alaska looking for a clue – to what … Continue reading
Safety at Sea
by Nate Jones, Vertebrate Ecology Lab (still in the Bering Sea) … Of course the bad weather I’ve been writing about was nothing compared to what happens on the Bering during the months of February or March, and the Gold … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Bering Sea, boats, Seabirds, Vertebrate Ecology Lab
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Shower of Shovels in a Plastic Ocean
by Erin Loury, Ichthyology Lab Do you remember that big storm that soaked the central coast in mid October? What I remember most is not how scary the driving was in that first big rain of the season, or the … Continue reading
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