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Critter du Jour: A Way to Engage Non-Majors in a Mostly Physical Oceanography Class

Critter du Jour: A Way to Engage Non-Majors in a Mostly Physical Oceanography Class. Dr. Cynthia Venn Dept. of Environmental, Geographical and Geological Sciences Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Critter Part #1 - Baleen. Bowhead or Northern Right Whale. Baleen whale feeding.

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Critter du Jour: A Way to Engage Non-Majors in a Mostly Physical Oceanography Class

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  1. Critter du Jour:A Way to Engage Non-Majors in a Mostly Physical Oceanography Class Dr. Cynthia Venn Dept. of Environmental, Geographical and Geological Sciences Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

  2. Critter Part #1 - Baleen

  3. Bowhead or Northern Right Whale

  4. Baleen whale feeding

  5. Whalebone - corsets, buggy whips

  6. Baleen baskets

  7. Critter #2 - Sponges

  8. Sponge Anatomy

  9. Sponge Symbionts

  10. Sponge spicules

  11. Boring Sponges

  12. Glass Sponge – silica spicules (ouch)

  13. Critter #3 - Coral

  14. Coral Anatomy

  15. Staghorn Coral

  16. Brain Coral

  17. Coral Bleaching

  18. Black Band Disease

  19. Critter #4 - Abalone

  20. Harvested abalone

  21. Shell-less abalone

  22. Braised abalone

  23. Chilean abalone (“Locos”)

  24. Abalone aquaculture

  25. Paua – New Zealand abalone

  26. Critter #5 - Barnacles

  27. Acorn barnacles & Gooseneck Barnacles

  28. Life Cycle

  29. Standard TAO mooring Courtesy of TAO Project Group, PMEL

  30. El Niño/La Niña Cycles Normal Conditions

  31. El Niño/La Niña Cycles El Niño Conditions

  32. TAO Array Typical Buoy from SE sector fouled with numerous Lepashillii

  33. TAO Array Typical buoy from 8°N, fouled with mostly Lepasanatifera

  34. Lima, Peru 5 Aug 03 Tahiti 30 Oct 03 10 S 10 S 15 S 15 S 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80

  35. Raphaela’s problem Barnacles recovered from windsurfer hull Lepas hillii Conchoderma virgatum Barnacles and other foulers on the windsurfer hull

  36. Barnacle Sex http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/barnacle-sex-video

  37. Thank you!! Questions?

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