Field Activity 2007-044-FA

Identifier 2007-044-FA
Purpose Study the ecology of the invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum and its response to seasonal temperature changes in a New England tide pool habitat.
Location tide pool, Sandwich Town Beach, Sandwich, Massachusetts, Cape Cod Bay, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Collected 1,669 digital photos (jpeg format on CD-ROM) of Didemnum vexillum colonies and tide pool, and time series temperature data.
Comments This is the final field activity in a series of 41 over 4 years. Tide pool is located at 41.77222 N, 70.49 W. First tide pool visit was 12/04/03. Water temperature loggers were deployed from 07/26/04 to 12/12/07, with a gap in water temperature data from 09/27/04 to 10/31/04. Original Center People field contained: Page Valentine - Ch. Sci.; Dann Blackwood. Project = National Benthic Habitat Studies - Atlantic, National Benthic Habitat Studies - Atlantic
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 2007-12-12
End (port not specified) 2007-12-12
Days in the field 41
Bounds
West -70.495
East -70.485
North 41.77722
South 41.76722

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Page C Valentine
Crew members
Page C Valentine
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Page C Valentine
Specialist, Information
Dann S Blackwood
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Mary Carman, WHOI
Affiliate staff Mary Carman - WHOI

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Visual Identification
Data type: Temperature, Photo, Submersible Observations

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise log Chief Scientist's tide pool notes: Excel spreadsheet summarizing data collected for 41 tide pool visits.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Stowaway Tidbit temperature logger Temperature (no data reported)
Digital camera Photo (no data reported)
Submersible Observation Submersible Observations 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2007-044-FA-NL-001 Submersible Observation P. Valentine's tide pool notes: Excel spreadsheet summarizing data collected for 41 tide pool visits. Page C Valentine

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity