As Paul and the team continued pulling SIO specimens from storage to photo document them this week, we took a deeper look at a few his most precious sharks: the chimaeras! Closely related to sharks, chimaeras have very strange characteristics such as large eyes, venomous dorsal spine, and large, beautiful wing-like pectoral fins. We know … Continue reading
This week Paul and the UROC team continued sorting specimens from the Southern Indian Ocean project for further analysis and measurements. These deep-sea sharks are incredibly rare and valuable to science, so it’s important that they are well-cared for and stored properly. Little is known about them let alone their fecundity or anything about their … Continue reading
Fresh with new specimens and data, Moss Landing Marines Laboratories graduate student Paul Clerkin and University Research Opportunity Center interns get to work at the labs on the Southern Indian Ocean project. Continue reading
Edward is a PSRC intern and SJSU undergraduate studying marine biology at MLML Today Paul was out (and will be until mid-August), but we kept busy prepping vials for several PSRC projects, including MLML grad student Melissa’s thesis work. The entire day we spent organizing colored vials by numbering them 0-100 and filling them with … Continue reading
Lindsey is a CSUMB undergraduate interning at MLML with PSRC. This week at Shark Army Justin Cordova, intern, showed us how to take denticle samples from sharks. This includes ten areas through previous studies that have shown to have differences on the same individual. Paul then reviewed with us how to take correct photos of … Continue reading
