Date |
Topic, lecture and field event |
Time |
Wed 7/19 |
Orientation to HIMB and the summer program
Discussion of mini- and group projects for the summer
Group BBQ & student talks: Erin, Joe, Megan, & Aaron Bush |
13:00
18:00 |
Thur 7/20 |
Field: Small boat check-outs, radio and GPS instruction
Lecture: Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands (Holland) |
09:00
15:00 |
Fri 7/21 |
Lecture: Orientation to Kaneohe Bay and overview of the ecology of
scalloped hammerheads (Holland/Bush)
Field: Construction of shark fishing gear |
09:30
13:00 |
Sat 7/22 |
Field: Hammerhead shark pup fishing in Kaneohe Bay |
08:00 |
Sun 7/23 |
Field: Hammerhead shark pup fishing in Kaneohe Bay |
08:00 |
Mon 7/24 |
Lecture 1: Overview of tracking technology and its application to
shark biology (Holland)
Field: Introduction to telemetry gear and setup
Lecture 2: Biology of sharks in Hawaii (Dr Jack Randall) |
09:30
11:00
19:00 |
Tue 7/25 |
Lecture: Biology of deep sea sharks (Wetherbee)
Field: Fishing for deep sea sharks off Honolulu / individual projects
Set lines for tiger sharks |
09:30
11:00
16:00 |
Wed 7/26 |
Field: Pull tiger shark lines
Fishing for deep sea sharks off Honolulu / individual projects
Group BBQ & student talks: Andrey, Yannis, Lizzie & Steve |
05:00
18:00 |
Thur 7/27 |
Field: Fishing for deep sea sharks off Honolulu / individual
projects |
09:30 |
Fri 7/28 |
Field: Individual projects
Lecture: Reproductive biology of sharks (Jerry Crow) |
10:00
|
Sat 7/29 |
Individual projects and time off |
|
Sun 7/30 |
Individual projects and time off |
|
Mon 7/31 |
Lab safety orientation
Field: Set lines off Honolulu for tiger sharks |
09:00
16:30 |
Tue 8/1 |
Pull tiger shark lines off Honolulu
Individual projects |
05:00
|
Wed 8/2 |
Lecture: Distribution of sharks in Hawaii & the Pacific (Wetherbee)
Lecture: Molecular markers in shark biology I (Heist)
Field: Individual projects
Group BBQ & student talks: Dan, Boris, Vicky, and Kanesa |
09:00
13:00
18:00 |
Thur 8/3 |
Lecture: Molecular markers in shark biology II (Heist)
Field: Genetics lab, individual projects
Set tiger shark lines off Honolulu |
09:00
13:00
16:00 |
Fri 8/4 |
Field: Pull lines off Honolulu
Genetics lab and individual projects |
05:00
13:00 |
Sat 8/5 |
Individual projects and time off |
|
Sun 8/6 |
Individual projects and time off |
|
Mon 8/7 |
Lecture: Behavior of tiger sharks in Hawaii (Lowe)
Field: Set tiger shark lines off Ko’olina |
09:30
14:00 |
Tue 8/8 |
Field: Pulling tiger shark lines off Ko’olina and start
tracking
Individual projects
Reset lines if needed |
05:00
14:00 |
Wed 8/9 |
Field: Pulling tiger shark lines off Ko’olina and tracking
Reset lines if needed
Lecture: Elasmobranch molecular ecology (Heist)
Group BBQ & student talks: Lucie, Tom, and Jeremy |
05:00
14:00
09:00
18:00 |
Thur 8/10 |
Lecture: Captive shark husbandry (Jerry Crow)
Field: trip to Waikiki Aquarium |
10:00 |
Fri 8/11 |
Lecture: Bioenergetics of sharks (Lowe)
Field: fishing for deep sea sharks off Ko’olina |
13:00
|
Sat 8/12 |
Individual projects and time off |
|
Sun 8/13 |
Individual projects and time off |
|
Mon 8/14 |
Lecture: Fundamental principles of neurophysiology (New)
Field: individual projects |
09:30 |
Tue 8/15 |
Lecture: Fundamentals II: A tour of the vertebrate brain (New)
Field: Electroreception experiments |
09:30 |
Wed 8/16 |
Lecture: Sensory neurobiology of elasmobranchs (New)
Field: Electroreception experiments and individual projects
Group BBQ & student talks: Janina, Aaron, and Tim |
09:30
18:00 |
Thur 8/17 |
Lecture: Electroreception in elasmobranchs (New)
Field: Electroreception experiments |
09:30 |
Fri 8/18 |
Field: trip to Bishop Museum |
09:30 |
Sat 8/19 |
Individual projects and time off |
|
Sun 8/20 |
Individual projects and time off |
|
Mon 8/21 |
Lecture: UV and suntanning (Nelson/Lowe)
Field: clean-up from projects |
09:30 |
Tue 8/22 |
Lectures: Student presentations and aloha party |
TBA |
