UNF

Fiddler crabs were abundant in Jacksonville

 

 

Coquina rock formations at Marineland Beach

UNF was beautiful. We started by traveling to different beach habitats looking at inlet differences and coquina rock formations. We all loved the coquina. The main part of the week was the 24 hour tidal survey at GTMNERR. My group was great, we worked well together and had a lot of fun. However, it was exhausting and we were pretty gross by the end of it. During the survey we looked at species richness and diversity between the lake and the river, as well as water quality. I did learn a lot and we saw some cool creatures but I'll wait a while before I do that again. The next day we compiled our data and made graphs. On Thursday we went on a boat ride on the St. John's river to see how water quality changes from the estuary region to towards the ocean. We saw dolphins and manatees which was a nice treat! Overall it was an exhausting week but it was rewarding as well .

Our group at the GTMNERR

Counting Fish at the Lake