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Introduction
Imagine yourself one moment stranded upon the cold, rocky intertidal
zone of Nahant searching for snails and crabs as try not to slip and
fall. Then at the next moment imagine yourself sitting on a warm sandy
beach in Bermuda without a cloud in the sky, putting on your snorkel
gear as you get prepared to journey off into the clear blue ocean in
search of coral and the species that inhabit them and the area around
them. With these images centered in your mind you now have a clear
picture of what this class holds in store. Of course there was a
purpose for going to these locations, which was to conduct research for
our personal projects. The class consisted of 20 students and each had
their own project which was attempting to answer a personal question
they had about the rocky intertidal and the shores of Bermuda. The
purpose of this site is to show my research for the class, the results
that I obtained, and the path that I took to get those results.Bermuda
During October our class traveled to Bermuda in order to study its coral reef and tidal regions. After a few days of traveling around to various beaches in Bermuda we were given the opportunity to do our own research on whatever we felt curious about, limited of course to the tide pools and reefs. Some favored topics were fish schooling patterns, coral diversity and health, along with a variety of studies dealing with snail and limpet behavior.
Nahant
Throughout the semester the course took several trips to the rocky intertidal found at the Northeastern University Marine Science Center in Nahant Massachusetts. Once there we studied the snails, crabs, algae, etc. until we each came up with a question we wanted to study about Nahants intertidal zone. Typically study in Nahant involved slipping over rocks and seaweed, sticking hands and feet into very cold water, and occasionally getting pinched by crabs.