Beck Gilliland, Marine Biology, Week 6
Hey everyone Beck here with my final blog. This week was back at the computer to look at again, some more photos. I was able to tag along again on another class lab this week which was super cool. We were looking at the saturation/amount of different species in two different water locations that fed […]
Beck Gilliland, Marine Biology, Week 5
Hey everyone, Beck out here in Santa Barbara with a week five update. This week I had Monday off for the fourth of July. I was able to go in to downtown and watch some great fireworks out over Stearns Wharf which was fun. Once Tuesday rolled around, it was back to the lab. This […]
Beck Gilliland, Marine Biology, Week 4
Hey everyone, Beck here back with another update from Santa Barbara. This week I continued to look at photos and tagging clams as data for the project. I have also continued spending time enjoying the beaches out here and the amazing sunsets as well as doing some running. I will keep you all updated as […]
Beck Gilliland, Marine Biology, Week 3
Hey everyone, Beck here updating you all from Santa Barbara. This week was spent a lot on the computer again looking at photos to label clam species. This week was also the start of the summer quarter here at UCSB (UCSB is on the quarter system). On Tuesday, I got to sit in on a […]
Beck Gilliland, Marine Biology, Week 2
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 […]
Beck Gilliland, Marine Biology, Week 1
Hello, my name is Beck Gilliland and I am studying marine biology at the University of California in Santa Barbara. I arrived out here in Santa Barbara last Saturday and got to work on Monday. I am helping out on a grad student project that is working to find out what different coastal reef species […]