Interview

I interviewed a graduate student, Chris LaPointe, at Nova Southeastern's Oceanographic Center. I learned alot from Chris and actually found we had similar qualities. We are both originally from the north and he is doing alot of studies on coral reefs, which is what I want to persue. I learned what Coastal Zone Managament was and what exactly was studied in the field of Marine Biology. I also learned how he took samples from sea grass and the reefs by doing "sweeps." I learned that Chris was using satelitte imaging, underwater cameras, and GPS coordinates for his graduate project on studying the ocean floor of a specific section in Hawaii. When Chris told me about what other students are doing for their projects, it got me excited and thinking about what I could possibly be doing in the future.

Seagrass Restoration:
http://www.edc.uri.edu/restoration/html/tech_sci/restsea.htm

Coral Reef Conservation:
http://coralreef.noaa.gov/

Ocean Floor Mapping via Google Earth:
http://earth.google.com/ocean/