I completed 5 dives this weekend for my advanced scuba diving certification. The adventure dives I completed included a deep dive, navigation dive, search and recovery, naturalist and a night dive.
The night dive was the one I was the most apprehensive about and it was the coolest dive I did. There is so much more [...]
Well, in terms of the psychology experiment, I definitely was correct in my previous post regarding the argumentative factor of the Echinoderms Vs. Mollusks.
In fact, there is even a blog response by Kevin at Deep Sea News regarding my cavalier attitude on the coolness of snails. After he mentions Endosymbiotic bacteria, I must admit, [...]
One of the sea creatures we saw the most of were sea stars. I found most interesting the Sunflower sea star, or Pycnopodia helianthoides. Perhaps this isn’t the legendary Pisaster, but the Sunflower sea star is the largest sea star I have ever seen.
As I pack to get ready for my Scuba certification dives this weekend, I cannot help but reflect on the amount of science that goes into scuba diving. In fact, without science, a lot more divers would be seriously injured.
So here is a reflection on various aspects of science in Scuba….
Excited for Scuba! Photo [...]
In intro level classes, you don’t expect to hear about Pisaster ochraceous more than once in a day in more than one class. After all, how many classes can discuss a specific sea star without being off topic?
I must excuse my ecology class. The experiment by Robert Paine determining the role of Pisaster in shaping [...]
Kallen is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Journalism at the University of Oregon and, of course, writing a blog.