Identifying plants on a barrier island
Photo: Erin Sams
Wednesday 29 November
0300 Pack Van 0330 Depart Hiram 0430 Arrive at Akron/Canton Airport 0550 Depart Airport 0730 Arrive in Atlanta Georgia Airport 0800 Depart Airport 1000 Arrive at Fort Myers Airport 1115 Depart Airport for Long Key Island 1630 Arrive at Key Marine Lab - move in 1700 Observation collection for Black Horn Snail 1830 Group shop for groceries - Winn Dixie 2045 Dinner: Chips and salsa; Shogun Salmon, tossed salad, broccoli, bread, half hour pudding 2145 Meet to discuss course and set up for field course 2300 Bed time Thursday 30 November H 0745 1.6 L 1309 0.6 H 1949 1.9 0730 Breakfast 0800 Group 1 Snorkel at Zane Creek /Group 2 Class Research - SPSS 1100 Lunch – Sandwiches, pretzels, apples 1136 Group 2 Snorkel at Zane Creek/Group 1 Class Research – SPSS 1500 Meet to discuss experimental set up concerning the Black Horn Snails 1800 Dinner: Pasta, tossed salad, garlic bread, chocolate chip cookie bars 1900 Finish experimental set up 1945 Measured high tide using both height of incoming tide on rock face and length covered on lowland 2030 Discussed species seen while snorkelling 0000 Bed time Friday 01 December H 0902 1.5 L 0214 0.2 H 2031 2.1 L 1353 0.6 0630 Breakfast 0800 Snorkel 1130 Lunch - Sandwiches 1230 Data collection for the Black Horn Snail Experiments 1400 Data compiling and analysis 1600 Snorkel and swimming 1800 Making dinner, dessert, and data: Oriental Chicken Salad, French and garlic bread, grilled green peppers, and Carrot Cake. 2000 Update species list Saturday 02 December H 0902 1.5 L 0214 0.2 H 2031 2.1 L 1353 0.6 0700 Breakfast Scrambled eggs Breakfast burritos 0900 Pack for Camping in Dry Tortugas 1000 Mean and Variances Statistics Lecture and Introduction to SPSS 1100 Cleaning the Keys Marine Lab 1200 Departure to Key West 1430 Arrive at the Key West Days Inn 1500 Group Shop for the Dry Tortugas at Publix 1640 Depart for Downtown Key West and Mallory Square. Free time during the sunset. 1830 Dinner at Margaritaville 1945 Holiday Parade on Duval Street 2130 Shopping in Key West 2200 Return to the Days Inn and sleeping Sunday 03 December 0545 Wakeup and get ready for the Dry Tortugas 0630 Depart for the Yankee Freedom II ferry ride to the Dry Tortugas 0800 Boat casts off for the Dry Tortugas 1030 Arrive at the Dry Tortugas 1045 Setup tents and campsite. 1130 Lunch provided by the Yankee Freedom II 1200 Discussion on upcoming snorkelling experience 1230 Snorkelling 1530 Return from Snorkelling 1730 Dinner: Grilled Steak and hamburgers, baked potatoes, salad, and s’mores, 1900 Walk around the moat and beach with flashlights. 2130 Sleeping Monday 04 December 0730 Wake-up and eat breakfast, discuss snorkel for the day. 0830 Snorkel around Dry Tortugas (Victim 1: Denny Taylor, taken by the Portuguese Man-of- war. Denny soon after struck revenge by consuming man-of-war with peanut butter and pepper cheese.) 1000 End of snorkel; Broke down camp. 1030 Loaded up the Yankee Freedom II 1045 Took tour of Fort Jefferson. 1145 Ate lunch provided by us, peanut butter and jelly, bagels w/ cream cheese 1230 Snorkel again, (Victim 2: Erin Sams brutally injured by Man-of-war, quickly recuperates via papain in very nice pain reliever. She chose negative on consumption of the man-of-war.) 1400 Finish snorkelling, final packing, move final bags to ship. 1445 Cast off from Dry Tortugas on the Yankee Freedom II. (Water was very rough; rocky ride back to Key West) 1730 Arrive at Key West dock; Unload luggage and load up van 1800 Eat dinner at Conch Republic (Mostly Catch of the day sandwiches: Mahi Mahi with fries;) 1845 Leave Conch Republic and arrive at Days Inn; Make plans for the night. 1900 Get ready to go out into town at Key West for the night. 2130 Leave and head into town to shop, hang out, and have fun. 0030 Meet up and head back to hotel and sleep. Tuesday 05 December 0800 Breakfast at Day’s Inn 0900 t-tests and One Way ANOVA Lecture in Statistics 1030 Departed for Florida Everglades 1230 Ate lunch at the Panda House (All you can eat China Buffet) 1630 Arrive at the Everglades and set up camp 1730 Watch sunset and discuss light levels at dusk 1800 Eat dinner: Hotdogs, bratwurst, Potato and Macaroni Salad, and Pumpkin and Cherry Pie 2200 Sleep Wednesday 06 December 0840 Departure from Everglades campsite; visited Eco-pond, Marina, Mazuric Pond, Mahogany Hammock, Pah-Hay-Oh-Kee, Pineland, Royal Palm 1240 Lunch at Royal Palm 1310 Visitor Centre and movie on the Everglades 1420 Stopped at “Robert is Here” for exotic milkshakes and fresh fruit. 1700 Arrive at the Rookery Bay Marine Research Lab 1745 Group shop at Publix 1845 Arrive back to Lab and begin dinner 1945 Eat Dinner: Mixed vegetables, fruit salad, catfish bon femme on rice bed with mushrooms, bread, and fudge cake with vanilla ice cream. 2100 Discussion of schedule for the upcoming weeks as well as research projects 0030 Sleep Thursday 07 December 0645 Return Blue Whale van Fort Myers 0730 Stuff turkey and put in oven 0900 Two-Way ANOVAs 0945 Discuss Mangrove Periwinkle past experiments 1030 Walk to Monument and observe bottlenose dolphin 1130 Pack dinner for Shark Sampling & finish cooking lunch 1230 Lunch – Thanksgiving turkey, stuffing, baked potatoes, corn, peas, French bread 1315 Review of underwater photos Dry Tortugas Pat O’Donnell 1400 Depart for Shark Sampling – Prep for trip to Cannon Island 1430 Depart for Cannon Island – visit Mangrove Periwinkle sampling sites 2003 & 2004 1630 Return to lab - discuss observations – plan MPA experiment 1830 Supper – sandwiches and leftovers 1930 Hangman, showers, semidown time 2100 Cook desert 2200 Rum cake Friday 08 December 0715 Group Shop to Publix 0845 Breakfast 0920 Discuss MPA experiment 1045 Sample periwinkles off dock 1130 Cook lunch 1210 Chicken in Orange Sauce, white rice with tamari-yogurt dressing, Cuban bread, green beans almondine 1330 Group 2 depart for shark monitoring; Plan MPA experiment 1645 Sample periwinkles off dock 1750 Supper – sandwiches and leftovers 1830 Plan MPA experiment – Experimental Design Planning Sheet 2200 Desert – Bread pudding Saturday 9 December 0830 Discussion of MPA experiment, lecture on correlation and regression 0950 Begin AM MPA sampling in red mangroves along NW shore 1145 Make lunch – tacos, refried beans, rice 1230 lunch, clean-up 1230 Group 3 Shark monitoring with Pat 1400 Begin PM MPA sampling 1800 Dinner with Garrett’s Aunt Jan at Joey’s Pizza Sunday 10 December 0800 Lecture on Circular statistics and Chi-Squared test 1000 Group study session to design experiments for exam 1200 Exam 1400 Group Laundry at Palm Laundry, lunch/ Group shop at Publix 1700 Preliminary Experiment for Rookery Direction Analysis in Rookery Bay 1930 Dinner- Grilled tilapia with tropical relish, fruit salad 2030 Discussion on RDA survey Monday 11 December 0730 Left for Kiwaydin Island VTS Study 1215 Walk over to mangroves on island to see crab population 1230 Return to Rookery Bay for lunch 1245 Lunch 1330 Rookery Bay Education Center, Pat’s lecture on Shark Research 1515 Return to Rookery Bay 1400 Leave for RDA Study 1815 Finish RDA Study as sun sets 1930 Dinner- Thai noodles, snow peas, sautéed portabella mushrooms, tomato& basil salad, fruit salad, and date-nut bread Tuesday 12 December Free Day 0900 Guided kayaking around Rookery Bay 1100 Lunch- Chicken with onions, mushrooms, and green peppers, German potato salad, salad, fruit, and leftover date nut bread 1300 Free time at Kiwaydin Island 1700 Snacking and showering 1730 Leave for Naples Parade to see Pat O’Donnell and Rookery Bay floats 2000 Received $50 from Naples citizen for our exemplary parade skills 2100 Ice Cream/ Wendy’s/ Downtown Naples window shopping 2200 Bedtime Wednesday December 13 0630 Group 3 departure for fish trawls with Pat O’Donnell 0800 Data analysis, data entering, and data interpretation using SPSS (SNA1 and 2) 1230 Erin and Garrett work on RDA bird data and SNA1 repeated measures analysis 1230 Rest of group stop at Rookery Bay Headquarters to use internet to update SPSS on computers 1300 Grocery shopping at Publix 1400 More data analysis 1430 Group 3 return from fish trawls 1500 Pat presents bony fish larvae under stereoscope and more analysis and vegetation identification 1830 Dinner- Greek spaghetti, broccoli casserole, salad with fetta cheese, and pound cake 2000 More data analysis and experimental planning for Experiment #6 Thursday 14 December 0800 Collect Data Experiment 6, Data analysis and Paper Writing all day Meals not recorded Friday 15 December 0800 Final Data analysis and work on presentations 1400 Depart for Pat O'Donnell's House - set up tents 1500 Laundry 1800 Dinner and Party at Pat and Lisa's house Saturday 16 December 1000 Rest morning and afternoon - meals at Pat & Lisa's 1200 Work on Presentations and data 0800 Work on Presentations 1200 Depart for Comfort Inn Naples West 1300 Work on presentations 2000 Supper at Moe's Crab Shack with Pat and Lisa Monday 18 December 0800 Breakfast at Comfort Inn 1000 Depart for Rookery Bay 1030 Presentations Noon China Buffet Lunch 1300 Wrap up and Shopping 1400 To Manatee Viewing near Ft Myers 1630 Supper at Subway 1800 Arrive Ft Myers Airport 2022 RSW depart Tuesday 19 December 1224 CAK arrive- van to Hiram PO = Pat O'Donnell - Rookery Bay DT = Dennis Taylor - Hiram College Sunday 17 December
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