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1 Critter du Jour: A Way to Engage Non-Majors in a Mostly Physical Oceanography Class
Dr. Cynthia Venn Dept. of Environmental, Geographical and Geological Sciences Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

2 Critter Part #1 - Baleen

3 Bowhead or Northern Right Whale

4 Baleen whale feeding

5 Whalebone - corsets, buggy whips

6 Baleen baskets

7 Critter #2 - Sponges

8 Sponge Anatomy

9 Sponge Symbionts

10 Sponge spicules

11 Boring Sponges

12 Glass Sponge – silica spicules (ouch)

13 Critter #3 - Coral

14 Coral Anatomy

15 Staghorn Coral

16 Brain Coral

17 Coral Bleaching

18 Black Band Disease

19 Critter #4 - Abalone

20 Harvested abalone

21 Shell-less abalone

22 Braised abalone

23 Chilean abalone ( “Locos”)

24 Abalone aquaculture

25 Paua – New Zealand abalone

26 Critter #5 - Barnacles

27 Acorn barnacles & Gooseneck Barnacles

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30 Life Cycle

31 Courtesy of TAO Project Group, PMEL
Standard TAO mooring Courtesy of TAO Project Group, PMEL

32 El Niño/La Niña Cycles Normal Conditions

33 El Niño/La Niña Cycles El Niño Conditions

34 Typical Buoy from SE sector fouled with numerous Lepas hillii
TAO Array Typical Buoy from SE sector fouled with numerous Lepas hillii

35 Typical buoy from 8°N, fouled with mostly Lepas anatifera
TAO Array Typical buoy from 8°N, fouled with mostly Lepas anatifera

36 Lima, Peru Tahiti 5 Aug 03 30 Oct 03 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150
15 S 10 S

37 Barnacles and other foulers
Raphaela’s problem Barnacles recovered from windsurfer hull Lepas hillii Conchoderma virgatum Barnacles and other foulers on the windsurfer hull

38 Barnacle Sex

39 Thank you!! Questions?


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