Physical-Biological Interactions Laboratory
Instrument Development
Orientation With No Frame Of Reference (OWNFOR)
U-Drifting In Situ Chamber (U-DISC)
The DISC is a Lagrangian device invented by Dr. Claire Paris and pioneered in the Physical-Biological Interactions Lab to track larval movement and investigate their navigational cues. A behavioral chamber equipped with environmental sensing instruments is designed and engineered in our lab in collaboration with BELLAMARE and with LOGGERHEAD Instruments that engineer acoustic and motion sensors. The device tracks larval movement while monitoring proximal and distant cues, which can be manipulated. The current DISC version is being tested in the Great Barrier Reef, the Red Sea, and the Florida Straits.
