Coral Rankin - Invertebrate Zoology Collections Internship

My Role: intern
Supervisor: Adam Stergis

Museum Support Center
Suitland, Maryland
Summer 2023

I helped to maintain, relabel, and preserve the extensive invertebrate zoology collections owned by the National Museum of Natural History.

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False Bay

Highlights:

Completing more than ten visits across seven field research sites
Sticking my arm into knee-deep water to count sea hares and their eggs by touch
Presenting our findings to the class and esteemed seagrass researcher, Drew Harvell
Collecting urchins, sea stars, and more while trawling on the Kittiwake research vessel
Conducting light experiments on the yoga deck with a perfect view of Friday Harbor

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Counting sea hares and their egg masses by touch

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Huge red urchins from the Kittiwake trawl

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Selfie with one of our lab sea hares

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Exploring the rocky intertidal

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A green sea hare on the eelgrass

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William & Mary crew at FHL

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