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Chain mail gloves are
a neccessity when measuring the bite force of a bull shark. |
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To measue internal suction
pressure, we've implanted a catheter through the gill septum into the
buccopharyngeal
cavity. We can also measure external suction pressure using the same
device used on the wild nurse sharks. Both suction
pressures and EMGs can be measured simultaneously. To learn more about this experiment, click here. |
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Pressure catheter being inserted to measure intra-ovarian pressure in spawning redfish |
Angela filming Goliath groupers for her research |
Visiting Dr. Gordon Hubbell's shark jaw and tooth collection in Gainsville, FL |
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Amber assisting in experiments on bite force of elasmobranchs |
Phil explaining shark anatomy to locals during our research trip to mexico. The shark is from the local fisheries |
Laura at the Honolulu Fish Market during a research trip to collect shortbilll spearfish specimens |
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A cookiecutter shark bite on a tuna at the Honolulu Fish Market. Taken during a research trip to collect shortbill spearfish in Hawaii. |
Our tank setup at Mote Marine Laboratory allows us to study feeding in large sharks. The shark in the photo is a great hammerhead. |
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| Shark Skin Project - click here for more information | ||||
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Phil manually erecting single scales on the shark |
Laura using a catheter to pressurize the skin, then erecting the scales |
Phil examining the scales of a hammerhead shark |
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Laura measuing mako shark scales for the study on drag reduction |
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Laura collecting her pelagic bony fishes from the fishing tournaments | |
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Laura claiming her blue marlin head! |
The 800lb tuna |
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Dr. Motta's Biology of Sharks and Rays class at USF! | |
The crew measuring and tagging |
The catch of the day |
Dr. Motta demonstrates the power of the remora |
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| National Geographic: filming for the 2008 tv special - for more info, click here! | ||||
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The
Mote tank with filming window |
Phil and Kyle with the National Geographic crew |
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| Discovery Channel Canada: filming for the Daily Planet show, airing in July 2008 - for more info, click here! | ||||
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Laura
and Phil digitizing a barracuda head |
Phil recording data points on the laptop |
Laura digitally mapping 3D coordinates on a barracuda
head |
Mexico: research with whale sharks - for more information, click here | |
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Phil & Sam try to catch up with a whale shark |
Sam & Phil getting ready for filming whale shark feeding |
Kyle & Phil using lasers to get accurate length measurements of whale sharks |
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Phil and Laura in Isla Mujeres conducting whale shark research |
Isla Contoy of the Yucatan Peninsula- near the whale shark study area |
Examining artisinal shark fisheries catch in Mexico during out whale shark research trip |
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| Tagging Sharks | ||||
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Laura & Sam take a break from shark wrangling during a Mote Marine Lab tagging trip. |
Sam, Laura, and John bring in a shark to be measured |
Dan helps
bring in a sandbar shark during a Mote Marine Lab tagging trip. |
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| Class Outings | ||||
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Grey snapper over a Tortuga's
reef. |
The 2005 ichthyology class examines their trawl |
Seining in the Hillsborough River |
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| F.I.S.H. Meetings - for more information, click here! | ||||
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Drs. Ralph Turringan, Steve Kajiura, and Phil Motta belt out "Day-O" for a study on vocalization patterns of ichthyologists. |
Student participants of the 2007 FISH meeting at University of Tampa |
FISH 2012 meeting at Florida Institute of Technology |
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