Field Activity Details for field activity 2009-094-FA

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): Mary Carman, WHOI

Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine

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

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: 2009-12-14

End Date: 2009-12-14

Equipment Used: Digital camera, Sample containers

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Notes/logs, 2 pages. Inspected settlement plates for Didemnum vexillum recruits; none found. Collected 2 samples of D. vexillum tissue, preserved in formalin, and stored with Mary Carman, McLean Bldg, WHOI. Took 13 digital photos in JPEG format of settlement plates attached to milk crate.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Page Valentine

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: D. vexillum tissue samples preserved in formalin and stored with Mary Carman, McLean Bldg, WHOI
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;

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Data Acquired