Field Station lecture series: The diets of large pelagic fish. Saturday July 30th at 11:00 am

University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student Amy Koske kicks off a summer lecture series at the Field Station with a lecture that asks "What Do Sharks Eat?" Her talk will be held in the Field Station classroom on Saturday, July 30 at 11 a.m. Free admission. Refreshments served. Location 180 Polpis Road, park by classroom at end of road (bearing right) or in visitor parking.

UMass Boston Nantucket Field Director Sarah Oktay created the series, called "Women in Science," and asked each speaker to address what they do as well as what it's like to be a woman in their field of study.  Koske, studies the diets and the mercury content of large pelagic fish in the Atlantic Ocean.  Her research involves analyzing the stomach contents of sharks as well as examining tissue samples. Koske says there is not much information on the current feeding habits of large pelagic fish and her research will help determine how methyl mercury moves through the food system and enters into species of shark and tuna. She will also present research on her Turners Fall's shad project.