Saint John’s Preparatory School Student Work

Document Type

Paper

Publication Date

12-8-2025

Disciplines

Biology | Life Sciences

Advisor

Kelly Fitch and Sarah Pasela

Abstract

This paper analyzes what the limitations are in modern ocean research and how they relate to the study of cephalopods. To understand this, the paper reviews many known cephalopod species to understand what is unknown about their biology. Research was then conducted to assess why certain aspects of species are unknown. Then each gap the specifications of the limitation and the solutions or strategies to overcome them was examined. This led to examinations of research tools, analysis bias, and public views. Understanding these issues is of great importance because it gives a comprehensive lay out of what needs to be solved. A main bias connection focused on in this paper is that many if not all of the ways live specimen are observed can lead to drastic changes in the behavior of the animal. A strong issue noted in the paper is that there is a focus on deep research even when a foundational knowledge has not been established. Another point is that tools for studying cephalopods are not reliable and mostly inconclusive when used as a sole research method. This paper concludes that these issues, if gone unsolved, will lead to bias and unreliability in ongoing and future studies. The results suggest that before deep research continues, it would be practical to expand baseline data and comprehension of cephalopods and the effective tools for studying them.

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