2012 Week 1

BUTTERFLYFISH The butterflyfish are one of the most common fish in a coral reef. They are usually very bright and multi-colored. There are 114 species of butterflyfish and they all eat little things like worms or other small invertebrates. Some travel and schools but some travel with just one partner that they will have for life. They can grow up...

During dive one I got to see a basic marine habitat up close. I saw many different fish one In particular in my picture is the silver fish with a bright yellow stripe, this is a yellow tail snapper, it is a carnivorous fish and travel in schools. I also saw the different relationships between...

In the first article that we went over today, we learned that ecotourism does in fact create awareness, but it does not help the conservation efforts. Ecotourism does little to conserve and some would say that the negatives outweigh the positives. In the second article, we discussed the effects of invasive fish species, like how they can destroy a...

Today I presented my topic with my group over global warming and climate change. We discussed how these climate changes could affect coral reefs and the marine life living within them.

Test blog

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.

Over the course of these two weeks each classmate has worked on a research project with a group and presented an article they used in their research. Today I learned how well artificial reefs are doing. I used to think only real reefs would hold a lot of biodiversity, but one of the groups showed us data that supported...

For the second day in a row, breakfast had bacon. The only thing that would make that better is if they have bacon for breakfast tomorrow. Laura taught us about the fish in this area. It was a pretty good class, and I can remember it because I didn't fall asleep. Then we went snorkeling in a bay. This...

Today at Jesuit we began to use our iPads to set up our blogs so we can be ready to post while we're on our journey in the British Virgin Islands. After mild chaos and technical difficulties the class was able to successfully get going. Earlier in the day two groups presented their articles they used for their research...