The second boat that was delivering our new shipment of seagrass and a visiting member of Congress ended up being almost 2 hours later than originally anticipated! This tends to throw scheduling off, especially when it comes to the experiments, but we made do. The really unfortunate part was when we got back to the habitat and realized that all of our seagrass had floated off from our mesh bag. I'm still not quite sure how, but I imagine in haste and rush it ended up escaping the cinched bag I was carrying it in. Unfortunately this means we're dependent upon the wonderful Burkepile lab to deliver some more, but it won't be in time for tomorrow. Alas, these things happen and we are making the best of it by conducting some surveys to quantify what species are in the area, and numbers as well! This is probably something we should do anyway, as the more you know about a research site, the better you can answer any possible questions and pick up on trends!
All the best,
Bree