Hey, Beck here with a week 2 update from UC Santa Barbara. This week was mostly spent identifying and labeling clams in reef photos as data for the project. This data will help determine where and how these clams and what they eat affect the environment around them. I was identifying 3 species of clams that the project was working with, Small Pholads, Chaceia ovoidea, and Parapholas californica. This identification and labeling of photos took up most of this week. We also got through getting the final batch of clam samples ready for DNA processing. I my free time I have continued to explore Isla Vista and Santa Barbara and found a lot of nice walking trails around campus that follow the coast line.
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