Images tagged "mangrove-management"

A brave student from Abaco Central High School fills the plant flat with mangrove mud. It's a dirty job, but she was happy to do it.
After an exciting mangrove field trip, students rinse their muddy shoes in the ocean before we head back to Abaco Central High School to plant their mangrove seedlings.
Playing in the Mud is Fun - Students from Abaco Central High School grade 10 Biology fill the plant flat with mud.
Abaco Central High School student has found all of her mangrove propagules. Now she is ready to plant them.
Forest Heights Academy student read instructions for how to take a pH and dissolved oxygen sample from their mangrove plot.
B.A.M. second year student reads the salinity of the mangrove ecosystem using a refractometer.
Forest Heights Academy student measures the temperature of the soil in her mangrove plot.
Diseased red mangrove leaves are spotted at Camp Abaco by students in the Marine Biolgoy class at Forest Heights Academy.
Students at Forest Heights Academy measure the pH (or acidity) in their mangrove quadrats
As part of the year two program, Forest Heights Academy students measure the non-living or abiotic factors in their quadrat. This student is collecting a water sample to test the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.
Red mangroves at Camp Abaco in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas
A healthy young red mangrove
The red mangroves of Camp Abaco line the waters edge, which is typically where they are found.
As part of Ryann Rossi's mangrove study, she found signs of diseased mangroves at Camp Abaco. BAM students also found signs of disease on the mangroves located at Camp Abaco.
Year 2 B.A.M. students climb through the mangle (mangrove forest) to measure the circumference and height of the mangrove trees as part of their mangrove monitoring activity. They also tag each tree that they measure so that they can remeasure the exact same mangroves during the third phase of the program.
Students in the year one B.A.M. program at Abaco Central High School form a giant food web. Each student respresents an organism from the mangrove food web.
Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth instructs students at Abaco Central High School about how energy in the food chain begins with the sun.
Amy Heemsoth, Director of Education helps the students throw the yarn to a student. The yarn representst the energy that is being passed from organism to organism.
"Sea cucumbers are like worms of the sea. They help to break down the detritus in the sand, recycling nutrients. " Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth explains to students in the year one B.A.M. program at Forest Heights Academy.
Grade 10 Biology students first identify the species of sea cucumber. Then, Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth reveals some of their identifying characteristics.

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