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Field Activity Details for field activity 2010-101-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): Dann Blackwood

Affiliate Investigator(s): Mary Carman WHOI

Information Specialist(s): Dann Blackwood

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Try to determine if tunicates differ in DNA depending on what they grow on. Try to determine if tunicates affect eelgrass growth and shoot density.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Stonewall Pond, Marthas Vineyard, MA

End Port/Location: Lake Tashmoo, Marthas Vineyard, MA

Start Date: 2010-10-14

End Date: 2010-10-14

Equipment Used: Video camera - deep sea, Camera- deep sea, Digital camera, Sample containers, GPS (wh)

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 12 samples preserved: 6 from eelgrass and 6 from hard man-made substrate. Photos taken with drop camera system. 26 samples retrieved for eelgrass shoot density and growth from 2 sites.

Staff: Dann Blackwood

Affiliate Staff:
Phil Colarusso - R1/USEPA
Dave Grunden - Oak Bluffs Shellfish Department
Shellfish Constable; Department
Bay Scallop Project Coordinator

Notes: Eelgrass tagged with tiewraps on September 29 were retrieved. Phil Colarusso in charge of those samples. Mary Carman has tunicate samples for DNA analysis.

Location:

Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.3299 South: 41.32269 West: -70.765 East: -70.75195

Platform(s):

photo of Small Boat
Small Boat

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Video camera - deep sea --- Video
Camera- deep sea --- Photo
2010-101-FA-PH-001 (Field operations photos: 189 jpeg images.)
Digital camera --- Photo
2010-101-FA-PH-002 (Field Operations Photo's.)
Sample containers --- Biology
Geology
GPS (wh) --- Navigation

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