2012 Week 1

Today in marine biology we had 4 separate article discussions. The first was on positive and negative impacts on ecotourism. We talked about how ecotourism is a positive because it brings awareness to marine conservation but how it was negative in its effects on the local regions of marine life. The second article we talked about was how bringing...

The first article was about how ecotourism can be detrimental to the environment. It can over exploit some fish species. The second article was about the invasion of alien fish species and how it can negatively affect the ecosystem that is already in place where the new species is. An example of this is the lion fish in the...

Today, four different groups presented four different articles about four different topics. The topics included ecotourism, invasive species, artificial reefs, and chronic oil spills. These presentations were fantastic ways for the whole class to learn about something new. I personally learned something new about each topic. Ecotourism: I learned that although ecotourism is mainly a conservation measure, more harm...

Today several people presented their topics and reviewed their chosen research articles in front of the class. - Ecotourism in Trinidad is positively viewed by the people and is thought to help the animals. They believe that they are protecting them from people who are trying to hunt them when really the very presence of the people themselves are causing...

Today we heard from four different articles concerning a wide variety of topics. First was my groups topic of ecotourism, a flourishing industry that brings people into natural places untouched by humans, the industry has alot of issues with regulation and conservation. Ecotourism by definition hopes to in case conservation and cultural awareness but has been corrupted by business...

The parrot fish lives in many tropical oceans and seas and lives in coral reefs they thrive on some different fish and coral. They can grow to be a foot long and they're correlation to parrots is their beak. They use their beak to scrape algae and chew their food.

My organism is the hermit crab. The hermit crab is famous for being a popular pet because it is inexpensive and easy to care for. Also, they tend to live a long time, having a maximum life span of 15 years, and can grow to be as big as 40 cm. Another interesting fact about hermit crabs is that...

Stingrays are cartilaginous fishes, which are related to sharks. They usually have flattened, elongated bodies, with their eyes and fills on their dorsal surfaces and their mouths on their ventral sides of their bodies. Some species of ray have stingers in their tails, with poison glands that they primarily use for self defense against predators and humans.

BLUEHEAD Order - Perciformes Family - Labridae Genus - Thalassoma Species - bifasciatum The bluehead fish has the highest average abundance of all fish in the BVI. Therefore, it is likely that we will see a lot of these on our trip, also because the blue head often approaches divers and snorkelers. Sometimes seen in schools up to 1000 fishes, they feed upon plankton...