Fascinating glimpses at life at the bottom of the sea in Singapore! Volunteers can help in this survey! Here's some highlights of the
Mega Marine Survey of Singapore's seabed on
13 Mar and
21 Mar
Thanks to
Rene Ong, we get a glimpse of some of the animals found and the volunteers that make the survey possible.
Although the bottom of the sea is quite deep in some places in Singapore waters, the dredge can bring up even delicate animals like this pretty
pebble crab with a sharp pointy butt.
Another amazing crab! So well camouflaged.
A beautiful sea star!
Lots of colourful brittle stars!
This odd looking thing is some kind of worm!
Volunteers play a critical role in the survey. Here's one team of volunteers heading out to St John's Island to help out with laboratory work at the
Tropical Marine Science Institute.
Volunteers are crucial in helping to quickly ferret out all these creatures from the stuff dredged up from the bottom of the sea. Such as this huge tire that Pei Yan and Sylvia took care of.
There's also lots of work to carefully pick out all the little animals from the dredge samples. It takes a keen eye and patience to gather up the amazing biodiversity found in Singapore's waters!
Other work that needs to get done include preserving and labeling all the precious specimens.
Check out all the photos of the
13 Mar and
21 Mar surveys shared by Rene also on the
Mega Marine Survey facebook page. Thanks Rene!
Anyone can help in these discoveries. Come volunteer with the
Mega Marine Survey to learn more about our shores!
To join the Survey, register your interest in
this form and you'll be invited to join the mailing list to receive updates on the Survey and sign up for Survey activities.
Also check out the
FAQs for more about the Survey.
