Pictures from our short trip on the Gemma, the boat used to collect marine specimens.
Woods Hole drawbridge on our way out
Nobska lighthouse from the water.
Elaine, Diego, Tommy, and Eva
Benni, Antje and Lasse
Despite almost complete immobility in his life preserver, Lasse was in a good mood.
Collecting a bucket sample
crab larvae and baby lobster
Alberto, director of the Grass Lab, researcher of gap junctions, squid chef extraordinaire
Dredge used to collect specimens.
Dredging brings up many small marine creatures...
...and some larger ones as well, like two female horseshoe crabs.
The primitive eyes not only allow crab romance to blossom underwater and under the full moon, but also provide a unique prep to study lateral inhibition and vision.
Our guide was Dave Remsen, the director of MBL's
Marine Resource Center, who taught us about the properties of horseshoe crab blood. As discovered at the MBL, the blood has a
unique response to Gram-negative bacteria--an extremely useful property for medical applications.
Business end of horseshoe crab.
Fabio explores the possibilities of an in situ scallop prep