We’re back in Maui, attacking science like tuna on tangs. This trip my field assistant/dive buddy is Niko Kaplanis–undergrad researcher & surfing grom guru. We’ve been having a great time…working long days, sometimes under water for 6 hrs/day. We’ve traveled 60 km of Maui’s coastline three times now, sampling around our CAUs (calcification/accretion units), collecting water samples, deploying instruments, commiserating with turtles & avoiding sharks.
Levi Steele Lewis, Ph.D. 