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Field Activity Details for field activity 2008-045-FA

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Other ID: D-45-08-BZ

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s): Mary Carman, WHOI

Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitor experiment on the invasive colonial tunicate Didemnum vexillum at the WHOI dock.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2008-11-17

End Date: 2008-11-17

Equipment Used: Grab sampler, Digital camera

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Inspected 26 larval settlement plates; photographed specimens (16 photos); collected colony tissue for analysis (1 sample).

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Page Valentine

Affiliate Staff:
Mary Carman
WHOI

Notes:
Project = Benthic Habitats: Geological and Biological Studies, Benthic Habitats: Geological and Biological Studies

Location:

Great Harbor, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.52363 South: 41.5236 West: -70.672 East: -70.67193

Platform(s):

photo of WHOI dock
WHOI dock

Publications

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
2008-045-FA-SC-001 (1 colony tissue sample for analysis.)
Digital camera --- Photo

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