Curator’s Corner

This is a series of monthly columns written over more than six years for Sea Island Scene magazine. They will introduce you to many different aspects of our estuarine system and the creatures that live within.

These Estuarium Notes are researched and written by our very own curator, Bob Bender.

  • No. 01--The Beginning
  • No. 02--Casting for Shrimp
  • No. 03--The Realm of the Oyster
  • No. 04--Marsh Grass
  • No. 05--Fouling Organisms
  • No. 06--Spring Delicacy, Part I
  • No. 07--Spring Delicacy, Part II
  • No. 08--When is a Conch not a Conch?
  • No. 09--More on Whelks
  • No. 10--Still More on Whelks
  • No. 11--Transition Time
  • No. 12--Diamondback Terrapins, Part I
  • No. 13--Diamondback Terrapin, Part II
  • No. 14--Still more on Terrapins
  • No. 15--Questions and Answers
  • No. 16--Spring Delicacy
  • No. 17--Unique Port Royal Sound
  • No. 18--Molting
  • No. 19--The Beach
  • No. 20--The Tides
  • No. 21--White Shrimp Season
  • No. 22--Questions and Answers
  • No. 23--Echinoderms, Part I
  • No. 24--Echinoderms, Part II
  • No. 25--Strange Fish
  • No. 26--Questions and Answers
  • No. 27--Awakenings
  • No. 28--More on Soft Shell Crabs, plus Collecting Creatures
  • No. 29--Questions and Answers
  • No. 30--Personal History and the Horseshoe Crab
  • No. 31--Tales of the Horseshoe Crab, Part II
  • No. 32--More on Horseshoe Crabs
  • No. 33--Questions and Answers
  • No. 34--Oyster Project, Part II
  • No. 35--White Shrimp Season
  • No. 36--Surprise...Surprise
  • No. 37--Questions and Answers
  • No. 38--Science vs. Assumptions
  • No. 39--Barnacles
  • No. 40--The Octopus
  • No. 41--Crustaceans
  • No. 42--Decapods, Part I
  • No. 43--Decapods, Part II
  • No. 44--Question Answered
  • No. 45--Dolphin or Porpoise?
  • No. 46--Jellyfish, Part I
  • No. 47--Jellyfish, Part II
  • No. 48--Dangerous Stingers
  • No. 49--The Art of Observation
  • No. 50--Delightful Delicate Drifters
  • No. 51--More on Ctenophores
  • No. 52--When is a Trout not a Trout?
  • No. 53--The Drum Family
  • No. 54--Black Drum
  • No. 55--May Madness
  • No. 56--It's The Teeth
  • No. 57--Southern Flounder
  • No. 58--Potpourri
  • No. 59--What's the Estuarium?
  • No. 60--Under the Radar Marsh Life, Part 1
  • No. 61--Under the Radar Marsh Life, Part II
  • No. 62--The Enigmatic Porifera
  • No. 63--The Enigmatic Porifera Part II
  • No. 64--That Time of the Year
  • No. 65--Potpourri
  • No. 66--Flowers of the Sea, Part I
  • No. 67--Flowers of the Sea, Part II
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