2009-033-FA (CMHRP activity #2174)

Field Activity 2009-033-FA

Identifier

2009-033-FA

Alternate names

D-33-09-BZ

Purpose

Monitor experiment on the invasive colonial tunicate Didemnum vexillum at the WHOI dock.

Location

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

Summary

Collected 161 digital photos (jpg format on CD-ROM) of settlement plates with Didemnum vexillum colonies. Collected 2 tissue samples of D. vexillum preserved in formalin.

Comments

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

Platform

WHOI dock

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	2009-05-05
End	Woods Hole, MA	2009-05-05
Days in the field	0.5

Bounds

West	-70.672
East	-70.67193
North	41.52363
South	41.5236

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

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:	Imagery, Sampling
Data type:	Photo, Biology

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Digital camera		Photo	2
Sample containers		Biology, Geology	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2009-033-FA-PH-001	Digital camera	161 digital photos of Didemnum vexillum on settlement plates.	Page C Valentine
2009-033-FA-PH-002	Digital camera	CD ROM disk of TUNICATE SPECIMENS MAY 5 2009,	Nancy K. Soderberg
2009-033-FA-SC-001	Sample containers	2 Didemnum vexillum tissue samples preserved in formalin.	PARTNER