While working at this internship, my role was to take the quadrats and go to all of our sites at kaʻalāwai, taking pictures of the limu in the grids to do further research on. Another role I had was to collect limu to take back to the lab to identify. 

This internship gave me the opportunity to learn about limu, how it affects our oceans chemistry, and how to use devices in a lab and at the field. We learned about how internship site (kaʻalāwai - Cromwells) was formed and why certain things at this site are there. I am glad I got experience and be apart of this internship at Chaminade and kaʻalāwai because now I am considering Marine Biology as a career path. I have learned how to use and adapt to many things in a lab and on the field. I have also learned many skills that will help me in the future with my future career and internships. This was a really good and fun experience. 

Working as an intern during this project, my role was to identify, moniter, and study different types of limu in the field and any samples we took back at the lab. 

Having now experienced a more in-depth look at Marine Biology, I realize how much work actually goes into these studies.  How history, geography, and archeology has an impact on our aquatic ecosystems.  It was really fun to learn what people in this study go through every day.

During the course of the intership, my role was to actively search and collect limu samples at the research site. Additonal duties included collecting water samples from the Plankton Toe Net and identifying a variety of limu species in the lab. 

This intership provided and opportunity to explore and understand the natural components that make up the Hawaiian Archipelago. I was able to understand the role of limu in our ocean's ecosystem, learn about the formation of the Hawaiian Islands, and discover the landscape of Cromwells Beach. 

My contribution to this internship was to gather, identify, and observe limu in the lab setting and its natural habitat. 

I enjoyed this internship experience because it was both hands-on and very informative. It expanded my knowledge on marine biology as a whole but also it was nice to go to the beach for a week.

As an intern I contributed by gathering limu and plankton samples and observed water conditions at the work field. The samples would be brought back to the lab in order to be identified to further investigate the population of native and invasive species.

Overall, I enjoyed working at the field and found myself having fun at the internship while still contributing and being productive.

My contribution to this internship was keeping track of the wind speed, tide, cloud coverage, and surf around our site. In the lab, I helped to classify the different species of limu collected from different parts of the beach.

This internship has given me a greater understanding of the history of Ka'alawai (Cromwell's) Beach and the unfortunate future that its heading into. Being apart of this group has shown me how science can help people understand a great deal of the world around them. 

I gathered limu to identify in the lab (picture of an invasive spieces of limu). I also took note of the differences in zones of the beach.

I learned a lot about what to expect as a field/lab technician and a lot about Hawaiian history/geography as well.