Before I graduate from school next April I have to complete an undergraduate research project of my choice. I am at school at Brigham Young University - Hawaii, on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. I am most interested in studying cuttlefish in the future, but the closest Hawaii has are bobtail squid.
I have been trying to think of a worthwhile research project that would be impressive to any graduate school I apply for, but I am not sure where to start. At the moment my project is about testing the range of colors and patterns O. cyanea, the Hawaiian Day Octopus, is able to produce. I want to test different colored backgrounds in an aquarium to see how they react. However, I am not very excited about this project.
I have been very interested in bobtail squid recently and know where I can catch some. Their bioluminescence extremely interesting to me, and I would like to do a project on that, but again I am not sure what to do. Also bobtail squid might be better to study now since I want to study cuttlefish later.
I only have about a year to complete the project and there isn't much funding. I don't expect to do anything groundbreaking, but I would like to do something helpful to the ceph and science community. I am looking for suggestions of projects that may be useful and accomplishable according to my circumstances, and of course something I am excited about. I appreciate whatever help you may be able to give me. Thanks in advance!
Nick
I have been trying to think of a worthwhile research project that would be impressive to any graduate school I apply for, but I am not sure where to start. At the moment my project is about testing the range of colors and patterns O. cyanea, the Hawaiian Day Octopus, is able to produce. I want to test different colored backgrounds in an aquarium to see how they react. However, I am not very excited about this project.
I have been very interested in bobtail squid recently and know where I can catch some. Their bioluminescence extremely interesting to me, and I would like to do a project on that, but again I am not sure what to do. Also bobtail squid might be better to study now since I want to study cuttlefish later.
I only have about a year to complete the project and there isn't much funding. I don't expect to do anything groundbreaking, but I would like to do something helpful to the ceph and science community. I am looking for suggestions of projects that may be useful and accomplishable according to my circumstances, and of course something I am excited about. I appreciate whatever help you may be able to give me. Thanks in advance!
Nick