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We are excited to bring back our Photo of the Week section so stay tuned for new content coming soon! In the meantime, take a look at these fantastic pictures from our teachers.

Two Blue Crabs

January 13, 2020
TAS ’17 Chris Murdock shares photos of two types of blue crab sampled in the Gulf of Mexico: on the right is the famously tasty Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus), while on the left is the smaller Lesser Blue Crab (Callinectes similis).

Photo: Chris Murdock

Once the catch is sampled, we can then begin to sort the catch. We sort everything into a series of buckets, all into different species. Once the catch is successfully sorted, we need to count every organism represented for EACH species. Sometimes this can be as little as one individual. Other times there can be as many as 2000 individuals!
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