I am preparing for a survey trip to Cyprus focusing on fishes, rivers, wetlands. Packing checklist in hand: Electrofisher, binocs, guides, notebooks, fry-nets, field forms. When Spring comes - we, the lucky few professional naturalists get prepared. We will be out there - what an exciting feeling. We'll explore. We'll try to do things that will both get research done and hopefully help conservation on the ground. I think its the best job in the world. My current project on the island is studying fishes as indicators of the ecological quality of rivers -a complicated concept that certainly touches on managing nature's waters. I've seen so much, learned so much; and hope I can share the wonder... Thank You Cyprus.
Reports on natural history and conservation from a wildlife scientist based in Athens Greece.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Contemplations: Anticipating Cyprus
I am preparing for a survey trip to Cyprus focusing on fishes, rivers, wetlands. Packing checklist in hand: Electrofisher, binocs, guides, notebooks, fry-nets, field forms. When Spring comes - we, the lucky few professional naturalists get prepared. We will be out there - what an exciting feeling. We'll explore. We'll try to do things that will both get research done and hopefully help conservation on the ground. I think its the best job in the world. My current project on the island is studying fishes as indicators of the ecological quality of rivers -a complicated concept that certainly touches on managing nature's waters. I've seen so much, learned so much; and hope I can share the wonder... Thank You Cyprus.