Here is an easy and yummy way to stay motivated and earn 4 points for the Winter REEF Fest Competition: I am bringing pumpkin scones! What is everyone else going to bring?
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Archive | November, 2010
Weekend Snorkel in the MLCD
November 29, 2010 
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I decided to do a fish survey in the Waikīkī MLCD this weekend and identified 40 species of fish! Some of the species I saw were the Pearl Wrasse, Fourspot Butterflyfish, Barred Filefish, and the rare Lagoon Triggerfish!
Continue readingWhat does turbidity mean?
November 23, 2010 2 Comments
As defined on NOAA’s National Ocean Service Education website, turbidity is “essentially a measurement of how cloudy or clear the water is, or, in other words, how easily light can be transmitted through it.” To learn more about turbidity, visit the NOAA page about Turbidity.
Continue readingTime to start racking up points!
November 19, 2010 2 Comments
The Winter REEF Fest is going on right now and there are two great opportunities for you to accumulate points before December. Here are the details:
Continue readingExplore The Ocean with Google Ocean!
November 16, 2010 1 Comment
With Google Ocean, you can now follow us into the water where you’ll see posts embedded with images and videos about some of the fascinating residents of the Waikīkī Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD), such as the humuhumunukunukuapua’a and cauliflower coral. Coming soon, you’ll also
Continue readingWinter REEF Fest Update
November 14, 2010 3 Comments
Tis the Sea-son for some Fish Watcher fun! The Winter REEF Fest began on November 5th and it will end on January 9th. All you have to do to register is either email me at heather@reefwatchwaikiki.org or register on our facebook page. After you register, you can earn points in several different ways: Post a […]
Continue readingHelp Us (& You) Win Literary Ocean Loot
November 11, 2010 102 Comments
Chronicle Books has just launched a Happy Haul-iday promotion that we can’t resist. Here’s the deal: by posting a list (here on our blog) of Chronicle Books valued at up to $500 that we’d like to haul in, we are automatically entered into a drawing to WIN our list of books. If we win, one of our readers who comments on the post will win the list, too!
Continue readingPhoto survey results
November 11, 2010 0 Comments
The water was warm, the skies were blue and we even spotted some special marine creatures: an octopus and a slipper lobster! During the survey today, Lynn and Cassidy both took pictures of the quadrats and other marine life. Yasmin filmed the process and also took pictures with our little Canon camera. While all of […]
Continue readingBenthic habitat survey today at 2pm
November 11, 2010 0 Comments
Later this afternoon, Lynn, Yasmin, Cassidy and I are going snorkeling in the Waikīkī MLCD to test the benthic habitat monitoring protocol. Today, we have three goals: Film and take pictures of the entire process of laying a 25m transect line and completing the two different surveys Conduct photoquadrat surveys with two different cameras to compare […]
Continue reading I never knew so many critters lived in tide pools…
November 9, 2010 1 Comment
Last Friday, Beth and I ventured over to the tide pools in Ka Iwi State Park near Sandy Beach. After Beth gathered pictures of different limu species, I experimented with various camera settings to capture the cool tide pool critters. Here are my results:
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