Meeting #10 Ageing sharks with microchemistry & studying stingrays with drones
HUGE thank you to Dr. Brandon Mahan and honours student Hilary Lewis for an absolutely captivating talk and workshop on elasmobranch age determination! It was so cool to give aging sharks a go, and admittedly, it is indeed harder than it looks!
Another massive thank you to Ph.D. candidate Jaelen Myers for walking us through her work on flat sharks (stingrays) and teaching us about how we can use drones to study marine organisms in the most minimally invasive way!
Some highlights from the talks included:
Getting a glimpse into Jaelen’s Ph.D research on stingray feeding ecology
Seeing two different types of drones in person and learning about the different ways they can be used to study marine organisms
Hearing from Dr. Mahan and Hilary about novel techniques for aging elasmobranchs
Getting to partake in a hands-on workshop testing out our new knowledge of aging sharks from vertebrae photographs and elemental bands!!
