Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
 
 
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Aquatic Nursery

 
 
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Shell used by a student studying porosity in ocean acidification project


Close up view of a copepod limb


Black and white photo of a west coast sea nettle medusa


West coast sea nettle raised in the Aquatic Nursery


Abalone larvae grow up in these buckets


Combfish raised in the Aquatic Nursery


Sea pansy used by a student studying bioluminescence


Bluebanded goby eggs will hatch soon!


Young cabezon raised in the Aquatic Nursery


Red abalone veliger in the process of settlement


The Aquatic Nursery has many custom-built aquaculture tanks


Young spot prawn raised in the Aquatic Nursery


Come on in to the Aquatic Nursery!


Ocean acidification research project


Middle school students study anemone stinging cells


Sea urchin fertilized eggs


Young spiny lobsters are raised in individual containers


Aquatic Nursery staff teach students how to use a beach seine


Young swell sharks studied by young scientists


Bioluminescent crystal jelly studied by young scientist


Juvenile white sea bass raised in the Aquatic Nursery


Close up view of a garibaldi egg


Middle school students help out at a grunion run


Lab supplies for cryogenic research


Middle school student studies octopus behavior


Close up view of squid chromatophores


Bluebanded gobies are raised in the Aquatic Nursery


Tank construction in the Aquatic Nursery


Pacific seahorses raised in the Aquatic Nursery


Students study the effect of diet on brine shrimp development


Strawberry anemones are studied in different substrates


Close up view of spiny lobster eggs


Purple stripe jellies are raised in the Aquatic Nursery


Students present at an annual Young Scientists Symposium


Close up view of red rock shrimp larva


Sea jelly nematocyst fires a harpoon to the camera

 
   
 
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