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INTERNSHIPS
ORCA 2011 Summer Interns
This summer ORCA had 4 interns working on a variety of projects in the laboratory and out in the field. These interns worked under direction of ORCA’s Research Scientist, Dr. Beth Falls, Research Associate, Brandy Nelson, Research. Meet ORCA’s 2011 Summer Interns and learn about the projects they worked on below.
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Kalvin Harrigal
Kalvin Harrigal is a high school senior at Thomas Jefferson School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. During the summer, Kalvin assisted ORCA by moving mass amounts of outmoded VHS and Hi-8 video footage to the more current compact disc format. In addition he assisted by helping to move and repackage boxes of The Bioluminescence Coloring Book (http://teamorca.org/cfiles/store.cfm) in the storage facility and assisting on the boat obtaining sediment samples for the FAST (Fast Assessment of Sediment Toxicity) program. |
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Jack Hollins
Jack Hollins is an undergraduate student studying marine biology at the University of Southampton, England. Entering his third year of a four year Masters Degree program in marine biology at Southampton he has studied a wide range of ocean sciences, including physical and chemical processes, but his interests lie primarily within biology, especially that of elasmobranch fishes such as sharks, skates and rays. Jack’s work at ORCA was primarily with the FAST (Fast Assessment of Sediment Toxicity) program, where he collected, analyzed and posted results of sediment collected in the Indian River Lagoon. In addition Jack assisted with the goliath grouper program, assisting Dr. Sarah Frias-Torres in gathering data on spawning aggregations and behavior. |
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Chloe Lloyd
Chloe Lloyd is a senior at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She will be graduating this December with a Bachelors of Science in Marine Biology. Chloe joined ORCA this summer to work on the Vero Beach Map-a-Mile project. Under the direction of Research Scientist, Dr. Beth Falls, Chloe worked with project director Retta Rohm to collect, process and analyze sediment and water samples from the Indian River Lagoon in Indian River County. Samples were analyzed in accordance with the FAST (Fast Assessment of Sediment Toxicity) procedures and included analysis of total toxicity, nutrients, total organic carbon, and sediment particle size. |
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Retta Rohm
Retta Rohm has been an intern at ORCA for the past three summers. She is currently a senior at the University of Central Florida where she is majoring in Environmental Studies. This summer she directed the Vero Beach Map-a-Mile project. Sediment samples were collected and analyzed in accordance with the FAST (Fast Assessment of Sediment Toxicity) procedures including analysis for total toxicity, nutrients, total organic carbon, and sediment particle size. Tissue samples from Eastern Oysters, Crassostrea virginica, were also collected at many of the sites and analyzed for total toxicity as well as a number of individual pollutants. |
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THE SPECIES THEY SUSTAIN THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
& SCIENCE BASED CONSERVATION ACTION.
PLEASE HELP SUPPORT OUR MISSION.
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"ORCA’s Kilroy is
brilliant. The whole concept of a low-cost monitoring network is critical for understanding the ocean so we can better protect it.
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Sylvia Earle, Ph.D.
National Geographic
Explorer-in-Residence
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DID YOU KNOW?
Jellyfish have no brain and can't swim against ocean currents. They don't always know where they are going, but they get there anyway.
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