Our first day at UNF was a lot of fun! We went to different spots along the Atlantic barrier islands of Jacksonville. Here the sand is a lot different from the sand at Pensacola. It's all made of coquina shells!
All of us were prepared for a hot day out on the beach, but instead we were given wonderful breeze and slight overcast. However, that didn't take away from the breathtaking coquina outcroppings or the beautiful vegetation-covered dunes. Because it was Memorial Day, we also talked (and experienced) the effects of human impacts on the beaches. Afterwards, everyone gathered for a Memorial Day supper courtesy of the professors and Sonny's!
It's out second day out and we're back on the water! Our boat day was similar to the boat day with UWF.
We collected plankton samples, did secchidisc measurements, and used the YSI for dissolved oxygen, salinity, and temperature. Afterwards, we looked at our plankton samples live. Everything, especially the copepods, moved like they were in fast forward! We also analysed water samples using the fluormeter and colorimeter. Some of the group pushed the samples through filters to collect the suspended materials. Our data looked kind of weird, but we eventually discovered it's because one group sampled at the surface and one at the bottom!
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