TIDE POOL FIELD TRIP: 31 January 2014

For the second year, we took a class field trip to the the tide pools located between Scripps Pier and Blacks Beach to examine how chemical and physical properties of a tide pool evolve during the time that it is isolated from the open ocean.
	This year we chose 4 tide pools to sample, and we also used a plastic bin to create an artificial, fully isolated tide pool.
	Temperatures were measured using TidBits and Hobo Loggers, here in out "tide pool 1".
SIO grad student Greg Sinnett helped set up the TidBits to measure air and water temperature.
	At regular intervals, we measured total alkalinity, temperature, salinity, and pH.
	Other properties of the tide pools were noted, including depth, horizontal dimensions, and types of organisms living in the pool.
	Samples were returned to the Andersson lab to be run.
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