On Tuesday I got up a little earlier as low tide was a little before 9am so I could get to a sample site before I went into the lab, and I checked a few traps, and helped the other interns with their side work. We had a goal of getting our "Crabatory" up and running by the end of the week. Our "Crabatory" is what we call the housing units for another one of Gabby's super cool projects. Each unit has a stable controlled salinity, while two are set to a cold temperature and one is ambient. We are hoping to see a correlation between water temperature and when the cabs molt. In return, this could possibly give us a high production rate of softies if we can find their preferred molting temperature.
Wednesday Morning I got up extra early for an 8am crab hunt with the New England Aquarium. this was by far my favorite part of the week, as it was an outreach event for teenagers volunteering at the Aquarium. I really enjoys teaching them some new things they did not know before, and working with teenagers that have the same passion I have.
On Thursday Jillian and I got to Cedar Point at 9am for some sampling before we went to Mark's house (one of the interns last summer) so he could teach us how to build some crab condos. We needed to make new mini condos for the small scale version of our temperature experiment because all of our crabs were escaping the first condos we made!
