A team of BYU–Hawaii students are currently in Saipan to collect, analyze, document, and photograph marine specimens native to this part of the world. Dr. Roger Goodwill, Biology Department Chair, and his student team arrived in Saipan on Sunday, July 4, 2010 and have recorded 131 species as of July 10, just within their first week in Saipan. They found an array of crabs, sea worms, sea urchins, shrimps and other unique specimens, some of which are the most deadly creatures in the ocean.
The team is comprised of Amanda Hansen, biochemistry major, Ricarda Meincke-biology & biochemistry major, Lael Prince, biology major, and Kalie Johnson, marine biology major.
They have visited a variety of locations including Bird Island, Kalabera Cave, Ladder Beach, Geoffery’s Beach, and many other locations in search of unrecorded specimens.
(Pictured at left: Dr. Goodwin, Kalie Johnson, Lael Prince, Amanda Hansen, Ricarda Meincke)
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Photos Courtesy of Amanda Hansen.