Grice
Marine Lab
During
our trip to Grice Marine Lab, I experienced many things such as going in the deep
water where there were many organisms that we discovered while seining. We saw
an caught many animals including pipefish, anchovies and guppies. I thought I
stepped on a crab because it felt hard. It scampered away so I'm not sure what it was. One time thought I saw a sponge, but
Mrs. Cook corrected me and said it was a brick…oops. In the lab we saw many
jarred specimens such octopus, crabs and gigantic fish. They used these
specimens for sampling and research. While I was browsing the specimens, I saw
some very cool, tiny white squids. They explained that they taught classes for
students to help them learn about the environment. In another room, we observed tanks with live urchins and sea plants. We
also learned that some of our aquatic organisms are invasive which is a problem
that they are trying to resolve through research. There were a few racks of
really interesting shells from different beaches – conchs, clams and other
shells.
I
learned that Grice Marine Lab is trying to help different ecosystems through
their research. They help by preventing invasive species and encouraging us to
help care for the environment.
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