Ferndown School brought their A-level biology students out on the boat.
Secchi
Discussion of light penetration into the water column
Gary explaining how the temperature and salinity probe works
Deployment of the beam trawl
The catch being sorted to see what animals we have
A student holding a long-legged spider crab
A female Shore crab Carcinus maenas carrying her eggs
Gary, getting students to smell the mud from the estuary
Students sieving mud for the small members of the infauna
Gary and Moira explain how the plankton net works