Lauren Hall ’12 went South for the winter. Or at least for one memorable week of it.
This biology major has been mixing work with pleasure on the shores of the Cayman Islands, navigating through the Caribbean Sea videotaping Blue Tang (like Dori from Finding Nemo) to evaluate their feeding behavior and effect on the reef.
Hall’s research – which is the focus of her independent study project – expands on data she collected on her first trip to the islands during Lawrence’s Marine Term last spring.
“I am building off that data we took from the Caymans, and the data that has been taken every two years since 1998, to try to understand one of the significant correlations I found from the combined data,” she said.
Hall collected video data alongside a convenient partner – her dad.
“My dad was my SCUBA dive buddy and helped a ton in collecting algae data using a 10 meter chain,” she said. “Probably a good portion of my winter term work for this independent study will be watching and recording data from the videos I took.”
Lawrence’s Marine Biology Term is offered every two years. The 10 week marine biology intensive program includes three classes focused on aquatic sciences supplemented by a two week field study of a Caribbean island. Read more about the Marine Biology Term.
“Marine Term was awesome – I highly recommend [it].” Hall said. “It gave me the opportunity to continue working on it one-on-one with my professor in a direction I chose – and in the Caribbean.”
You go Lauren! Thanks for sharing your tropical pictures!
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