{"id":58161,"date":"2016-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-students-to-study-subtropical-ecosystem-in-bermuda\/"},"modified":"2016-03-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T00:00:00","slug":"uri-students-to-study-subtropical-ecosystem-in-bermuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/uri-students-to-study-subtropical-ecosystem-in-bermuda\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 students to study subtropical ecosystem in Bermuda"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tNARRAGANSETT, R.I., March 18, 2016\u2014When most people think of Bermuda, cruise ships and golf come to mind.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 biology and marine biology students are spending their spring break on the island for another reason\u2014to study its subtropical habitat.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography and College of the Environment and Life Sciences are coordinating the weeklong trip, from March 19 to 26.<\/p>\n


\nThe 11 students, all majoring in biology and marine biology, will study fish, crabs, seahorses and other marine life in seagrasses and mangroves and explore the island\u2019s coral reefs and many caves. They will also examine the geology of the limestone island and study plankton, microscopic organisms essential to the ocean\u2019s role in regulating the climate, the air people breathe and marine food webs. <\/p>\n


\nThe first-ever class is the brainstorm of Tatiana Rynearson, GSO associate professor, and Chris Lane, an environmental sciences professor. The University offers a semester-long course in Bermuda, but this class is a good fit for students seeking a shorter visit.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cIt’s a great opportunity for students to get into the field and apply some of the concepts they’ve been learning in the classroom,\u201d says Rynearson. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing like learning by doing. We, as professors, get excited about going into the field, so we\u2019re excited to take the students with us to share that journey of discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe students, from freshmen to seniors, will live and study at the internationally acclaimed Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences. The facility has laboratories as well as boats that will ferry students to different habitats, where they can collect samples and record data in their notebooks.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe point is for them to learn about the extent of biodiversity on this island in the middle of the ocean,\u201d says Rynearson, \u201cand learn how an ecosystem is shaped: What are the factors that influence what ends up living there?\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe class will also feature guest speakers talking about topics such as deep-sea fish, invasive species, mangrove tree habitats and climate change.<\/p>\n


\nStudents will spend much of their time snorkeling and diving in the crystal clear waters around Bermuda. The water is clear because it contains so few nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus. As a result, very few plankton can survive there.<\/p>\n


\nThat warm, clear water provides a perfect habitat for a diversity of corals and macroalgae. This, in turn, provides homes for many kinds of reef fish.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cStudents will notice that Rhode Island\u2019s coastal waters are much cloudier, with poor visibility,\u201d says Rynearson. \u201cThat\u2019s caused by a combination of more plankton and sediment.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nKatie Nickles, of Slingerlands, N.Y., decided to sign up for the course because she\u2019s taken classes with Rynearson and Lane before and appreciates their excellent teaching.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis also seemed like a great opportunity to use my spring break to do something and also get the added benefit of learning about different marine environments,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s a good chance to get to know people and see a different and unique place. I can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nPictured above: A former 溏心vlog免费B站 student diving off the coast of Bermuda.

\nPhoto courtesy of 溏心vlog免费B站 associate professor Chris Lane.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NARRAGANSETT, R.I., March 18, 2016\u2014When most people think of Bermuda, cruise ships and golf come to mind. 溏心vlog免费B站 biology and marine biology students are spending their spring break on the island for another reason\u2014to study its subtropical habitat. 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography and College of the Environment and Life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}