Field Work at our Research Sites

Setting up our field filtering apparatus to process samples for E.coli analysis.

Climbing down to the nearshore at Kaloko to do a Hydrolab measurement.		Professor Lisa Moore organizing sampling efforts at an anchialine pond.

Our mobile wet chemistry lab set up at park headquarters.		Our group at park headquarters with the Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer we had shipped to Hawai'i to enable trace metal analyses.

One of the more pristine anchialine ponds within the boundaries of Kaloko - Honokohau NHP.

Suzanne and Veronica preparing some samples.		Veronica and Adrianna, our Civil Engineering students, carefully preparing standards for the nitrate analyses.

Candace relaxes on the floor while entering one day's data.		Stan Bonds, park archaeologist, points out Petroglyphs in Kaloko to our group.

Jazz presenting her talk on the impacts of nearby construction to the park's anchialine ponds. Park officials were impressed by our students and their presentations.

A children's swimming pool, filled with cold water, allowed us to calibrate the FLIR camera and examine angle distortion.		Measuring temperature at another anchialine pond.

The dormitory where we all stayed. It is operated by the Pu'uhorua o Honanau National Historical Park.

Prof. Kaeo Duarte looks on as student teams return with their data.		Kayaking on Kaloko Pond. This team is taking conductivity, temperature, depth, and pH measurements.

Anchialine ponds have evolved rare and diverse biota many of which are endemic to individual pools. These smallest of red-colored rock shrimp are an example. It's Hawaiian name is Opae'ula.

Prof. Besancin, a geology professor, with Dr. Becky Mattison, both of Wellesley College, took our group on a 5 mile hike through Kilauea Iki Crater on Mt. Kilauea and lectured on Volcanology.		Students in radio contact with sampling teams recording data.

Aerial photo of Kaoloko Pond.

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