April 11, 2021 Monthly Club Meeting
The presentation for our final Shell Club meeting of the 2020-21 season was delivered by Jaime Rogers (USF) via Zoom. Jaime presented an update on his PhD research (partially funded by a 2019 Sanibel Shell Club grant) comparing fossil oysters to modern oysters in Tampa Bay and how he believes human impacts have caused this change.
Jaime Rogers is a PhD student in the applied anthropology program at the University of South Florida. His dissertation work integrates historical ecology and archaeology to investigate the human-environmental relationship in Tampa Bay, Florida from 500 BCE to present.
March 14, 2021 Monthly Club Meeting
Morgan Tomlin was the speaker for our March virtual monthly meeting. She is an undergraduate student at University of South Florida working with Dr. Greg Herbert, and is a Sanibel Shell Club 2019 grantee. Morgan provided an update on the USF research on the life history traits of the Florida Horse Conch, including how long they live. Populations in west Florida are declining and this study will help determine what level of commercial harvest is sustainable.
February 14, 2021 Monthly Club Meeting
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Rewatch the fascinating travel video by Joyce Matthys chronicling a shell collecting trip with the Shell Club to Chub Cay in the Bahamas several years ago. Anyone who knows Joyce won’t be surprised by her unbelievable video footage of live mollusks in their shells along with other marine creatures found in the warm shallow waters of the Bahamas. Both highly educational and visually stunning, this month’s Zoom meeting presentation was well-received and greatly appreciated.
January 10, 2021 Monthly Club Meeting
Amanda Baker takes us on a fun and educational shelling tour of the Florida Keys and shares her family’s many great shell finds. Watch the video of our recorded Zoom Shell Club meeting:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/PGkozgczZDQ?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparentFirst Shell Club meeting of 2021 with presentation by Amanda Baker, Jan 10, 2021
December 13, 2020 Shell Club HOLIDAY PARTY Meeting
Watch the fun recording of our 2020 Holiday Party on ZOOM, hosted by Clair Beckmann as a festive purple octopus and featuring YOU as you shell and tell about your Big 5 Sanibel shells.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/zXR-xJx2GrY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparentDec 13, 2020 Shell Club Holiday Party on ZOOM.
November 11, 2020 Shell Club Meeting
Dr. Jose Leal of Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum explains some of the many reasons “Why We Like Shells.” Watch his presentation recorded during our Nov 15, 2020 Club meeting via Zoom.
October 11, 2020 Shell Club Meeting
Watch the excellent presentation by Leah Reidenbach of SCCF about Hard Clam Restoration in San Carlos Bay: