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Field Activity Details for field activity 2009-078-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine

Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Ground Truthing

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: 2009-11-06

End Date: 2009-11-06

Equipment Used: Grab sampler, Reconnaissance

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Notes/logs, 2 pages. Observed Didemnum vexillum recruits on settlement plates. Collected 2 tissue samples, preserved in formalin.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Page Valentine

Affiliate Staff:
Mary Carman
WHOI

Notes:
Project = National Community Sediment Transport: Pilot Model Applications, National Community Sediment Transport: Pilot Model Applications

Location:

WHOI Dock, 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

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
2009-078-FA-SC-001 (2 Didemnum vexillum tissue samples preserved in formalin.)
Reconnaissance --- Ground Truthing

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