Indonesia Sampling Trip(December 05)
Created by George Rice, Montana State University
Naomi Montalvo prepared to embark for a day of SCUBA collection of sponges. (image provided by Russell Hill, 2005)
PI Russell Hill and graduate student Naomi Montalvo conducted a sample collection trip in Manado Indonesia in December 2005. The main aim was to collect samples of the sponge Xestospongia testudinaria. Naomi is comparing the microbial communities in this sponge from Indonesian waters with those in its relative Xestospongia muta from the Florida Keys. Naomi is supported partially by a supplement to Dr. Hill's Microbial Observatories award and also by a Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship.
The diverse underwater environment in Manado, Indonesia. (image provided by Russell Hill, 2005)
PI Russell Hill hunting sponges. (image provided by Russell Hill, 2005)
Naomi Montalvo doing sponge microbiology in a field laboratory in Manado, Indonesia. (image provided by Russell Hill, 2005)
Processing sponge material in a field laboratory in Manado, Indonesia. (image provided by Russell Hill, 2005)
The barrel sponge Xestospongia testudinaria. (image provided by Russell Hill, 2005)
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