Gallery

g a l l e r y

organisms
cardinal fish (Sphaeramia) from the lagoon and 3 marine lakes in Palau.	moonjellyfish (Aurelia), California golden jellyfish (Mastigias), Palau	marine intertidal snails (Nerita) from three lakes in Palau.

volcano barnacle, California (Tetraclita rubsescens)	more jellyfish	western Pacific sponges (e.g. Suberites sp.)

gumboot chiton, California (Cryptochiton stelleri)	purple sea urchin, California (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)	ochre seastar, California (Pisaster ochraceus)

stalked barnacle, California (Pollicipes polymerus)	juveniles: 8 mm Cryptochiton, 12 mm Strongylocentrotus, 5 cm Pisaster	six-rayed star, California (e.g. Leptasterias)

people doing things
Diving to 330 m to collect invertebrates	Discovering marine lakes in Papua	Taking a rare hour off in Berau
An easy hike into a marine lake	Cataloguing collections	Collecting intertidal invertebrates
Finding sites on the California coast	Documenting samples	Surveying species abundances
Back at base: cataloguing samples, entering data, dinner, ...

places
California	Ongeim'l Tketau ("Jellyfish Lake"), Palau

Indonesia (Berau)	Indonesia (Papua)

the lab

December 2006		May 2008

with friends in the field

	Sharon Patris, Mike, Eric Wolanski, & Michael Beman


	(back row) Gerda Ucharm, Sharon Patris, Herwig Stibor, Philippe Pondaven (front row) Emilio Basilius, Stephan Behl, Mike [photo by bert yates]


	@ CRRF - Matthew Mesubed, Gerda Ucharm, Lori Colin, Emilio Basilius


	Surveying intertidal invertebrates at Iversen Point in Mendocino County, California, December 2012. Steven Sanchez, Lauren Schiebelhut, Shawn Knapp, Frances Armstrong, Jason Doornenbal, Bryanna Ludwig, Laura Jurgens.

pattern & process