May 10, 2024
Sampling The Sharks, Skates, And Sawfish Of The Florida Keys
Sampling The Sharks, Skates, And Sawfish Of The Florida Keys
Pritzker Lab intern Toni Muzzo and Pritzker Lab Manager Kevin Feldheim joined a Shedd Aquarium research trip led by Dr. Steven Kessel. The team stayed on the Shedd’s Research Vessel Coral Reef II from April 21–29.
The research focused on deploying BRUVs (Baited Remote Underwater Video) around the lower Florida Keys. The team collected 100 hours of video, which will be examined to understand the diversity of elasmobranchs—sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish—in the area. The team also tagged and sampled nurse sharks during the trip. These samples will be part of a larger study examining nurse shark population genetics throughout the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
May 10. 2024
