My dad came a couple of weeks ago and took some pictures of another bleeding project. This one was done by MJ for her own research, but it involved the same things we did at Woods Hole with Allison. They caught about twenty-five crabs in Pleasant Bay and then brought them to the BioLab in Truro where we measured them, bled them, separated their blood with a centrifuge, then used a refractometer to do a protein analysis. After this we tagged them and put them back in the bay. Below are some pictures that Dad took:
From left MJ, Stacey, myself, Matt, Kelly, and Nicki...
Kelly holds the crab open so I can measure the prosoma...
Taking blood by inserting down into the hinge...
Their blood looks milky and slightly blue-tinted due to copper content...
Getting the centrifuge ready...
Loading the centrifuge...
Putting the spun blood on the refractometer...
Nicki reads the refractometer...
That's all for right now, I'm almost out of laptop power. More pictures to come!
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