{"id":1153,"date":"2013-06-08T16:01:09","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T16:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2013-06-08T16:01:09","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T16:01:09","slug":"baby-stickleback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/blogs\/stickleback\/2013\/baby-stickleback\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Stickleback!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stickleback embryos everywhere!\u00a0 This week we got our first and second shipments of embryos from the folks up in Alaska.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been preparing for the arrival for some time now and we finally got the ball rolling.\u00a0 We had to take each clutch (from 6 populations-Rabbit Slough, Resurrection Bay, Anchor River, Whale, Morvro, and Bear Paw) and separate them into petri dishes.\u00a0 The counting was a little tedious but soon they will become little fry and the real experiments can begin!<\/p>\n<p>Two experiments that will be happening with these fish involve feeding performance, but one of them has the added variable of tannin levels. \u00a0The fish, once hatched, will be placed in either a low, medium, or high tannin level. \u00a0We will then be counting the number of brine shrimp a single fish can consume in 15 seconds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1154\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1154\" alt=\"Valerie, Kendall, and Jenna working with the embryos in the lab.\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/241\/2013\/06\/blog1_pic-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/241\/2013\/06\/blog1_pic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/241\/2013\/06\/blog1_pic-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valerie, Kendall, and Jenna working with the embryos in the lab.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We have to change the water in the petri dishes and make room for the next shipment that should be coming in on Monday.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to be up to our knees in stickleback!<\/p>\n<p>The embryos should hatch about 5 days after we took them off the ice and then we can start to see if they will learn how to eat.\u00a0 Tiny little eyes are starting to be visible in the embryos and soon they will be fully developed fish!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s very interesting (and exciting) to watch the fish develop. \u00a0If you look closely under a microscope you can watch their organs form and even see their blood pumping from their tiny hearts. \u00a0It&#8217;s amazing how small these guys are. \u00a0I&#8217;ve worked with preserved clutches from stickleback before, but I was surprised by their size nonetheless. \u00a0I can&#8217;t wait until they are little fish we can observe and test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stickleback embryos everywhere!\u00a0 This week we got our first and second shipments of embryos from the folks up in Alaska.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been preparing for the arrival for some time now and we finally got the ball rolling.\u00a0 We had to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/blogs\/stickleback\/2013\/baby-stickleback\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Baby Stickleback!<\/span> Read More 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