Family Fun Day at Coastal Ecology
Lab
As a part of its public
outreach efforts, LMRCSC students and researchers hosted volunteers from the
National Aquarium in Baltimore at UMES' Coastal Ecology Teaching and Research
Laboratory at Assateague Island on July 11, 2006 for a day of fun and
educational activities. Family Fun Day, a part of NAIB's week-long "Beyond the
Boardwalk" event, is designed to teach beachgoers of all ages about the
importance of marine and estuarine habitat conservation and the new CETRL
provided an excellent setting.
Many thanks to the
volunteers from LMRCSC, UMES and the National Aquarium who worked to make the
event a success!
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Research Assistant Professor Dr. Andrea Johnson demonstrates fishes from UMES' biological reference collection
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National Aquarium volunteers with whalebone artifacts
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LMRCSC students Greg Oliver (L) and Jessica Shoop (R) and UMES technician Sunandan Saha (middle)
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Greg Oliver and Sunandan Saha
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UMES students Leno Davis (in red cap) and Chris Havrila (2nd from right) demonstrate the Remotely Operated Vehicle used to study benthic habitat |
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Greg Oliver discusses biological reference collection with visitors
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A young visitor examines an otolith (ear bone) used to determine a fish's age
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LMRCSC Research Associate Dr. Joseph Love shows off reference collection specimens
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National Aquarium volunteers demonstrate techniques used to rescue stranded marine mammals
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LMRCSC Graduate Student Jessica Shoop discusses live fish specimens with visitors
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