Pictures from the latest (September 22-26, 2005) field trip at LSI, Bahamas

A short underwater movie showing Nick Schizas at work. (By Hernan Torres)
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Underwater movie showing gorgonians at LSI. (By Hernan Torres)
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A large barracuda observing us during sampling. (Photo by Hernan Torres)
barracuda

Hernan Torres is snorkeling at LSI (Photo by N. Schizas)
snorkeling

Nick Schizas is snorkeling at LSI (Photo by H. Torres)
snorkeling

Acropora palmata (Photo by H. Torres)
coral

Millepora (Photo by H. Torres)
coral

One of the 2 large sting rays we saw in one day (Photo by H. Torres)
sting ray

One of many beautiful pictures at LSI (Photo by H. Torres)
small fish

One of the targeted species, Millepora (Photo by H. Torres)
hydrocoral

Sponges and gorgonians (Photo by H. Torres)
sponges and gorgonians

The only mode of transportation, the faster you go the less the mosquito bites (Photo by N. Schizas)
bicycle

An assemblage of polychaetes (Photo by H. Torres)
polychaetes

Pseudopterogorgia (Photo by N. Schizas)
gorgonians

Hernan while collecting specimens (Photo by N. Schizas)
collecting

Stromatolites at LSI, among the oldest life "deposits" of earth (Photo by H. Torres)
stromatolites