Arturo Dominguez '12

Today we discussed ways to protect and conserve reefs through the use of native predators as "biocontrol." One example we mentioned were the groupers, which have been known to prey on invasive species such as lionfish. The only problem is that groupers are often overhunted; which means that they cannot significantly keep (and maybe even extirpate) lionfish populations in...

So today is the first day of the second week of the Marine Bio course! We dissected a starfish and a squid while discussing how they were classified, how they were structured, and how they behaved. What I found interesting was that even though they lacke brains, animals such as seastars and jellyfish still possess nerve nets that help...

Today marked the last day of the first week of the Marine Bio course at Jesuit. The previous night's article discussed the influence of viruses in a marine ecosystem. What I never realized was the benfits of having viruses present in the ecosystem because they can promote biodiversity (have stronger, more resistant organisms survive and pass their genes) and...

Today marks off the fourth day of my Marine Biology course (this week just flew by didn't it). I found today to be rather interesting (no, not just because we were served pizza) because we addressed subjects I had always been curious about and, for whatever reason, never made the effort to look for answers. The abnormal weather phenomenon known...

Today, June 22, would mark the third day of the Marine Biology program. We discussed the articles regarding evolution and the origin of species in order to get a better understand as to why we study biology. The commonly held belief that life on Earth began in the oceans compels me to study underwater life. And to study...

So today would be my second day of my Marine Biology course here at Jesuit. Today we discussed the articles we had read the night before. What I found most interesting was that the first article, which discussed the migration of certain species of fish due to climate change, was more of a research article as opposed to the...

Hello, my name is Arturo Dominguez. Today was my first day of the Marine Biology course and thus my first step towards going on the trip to the British Virgin Islands with the rest of my classmates. The two things I would like to learn during this course are to find ways to promote awareness in conserving our oceans and...