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Deploying oyster biological indicators of nitrogen source overboard in Monie Bay, National Estuarine Research Reserve System
Deploying oyster bioindicators
Deploying oyster (Crassostrea virginica) biological indicators of nitrogen source in Monie Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve System
Deploying oyster biological indicators
deploying oyster biological indicators of nitrogen source in Monie Bay, National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Deploying Oysters in Monie Bay
Ben Fertig leans over the side of the Wetsig to snag a sampling bouy
Bouy Ahoy
Field setup for oyster del N mapping
Bricks, oyster cages and buoys
Ben Fertig poses with one of the cages he created to hold oysters for a 2 month coastal bay's nutrients exposure period.
Oyster Cage
These oysters will be tested for nutrient composition after being left in the coastal bays for 2 months.The two on the right and alive and the one of the left has died.
Oyster Mortality
Ben Fertig pulls in a sampling unit that has been in Johnsons Bay for 2 months
Oyster sampling unit
This brick like 300 others was in the coastal bays for 2 months. Many became highly colonized with marine life.
Tube worms
Allison Dungan and Ben Fertig, both very cold, deploying bouys in Johnson's Bay
Allison and Ben deploy bouys
Ben Fertig deploying macro-algae sampler in the St. Martin's river
Seagrass sampling St. Martin's River
Ben Fertig sampling seagrasses in St. Martin's River
Seagrass sampling St. Martin's River
Ben Fertig collects his oyster biological indicator samples.
Ben collects his oysters
Winter sampling of oysters grown in a mesh bag at the Horn Point Laboratory dock for a seasonal analysis.
Sampling at the Horn Point Laboratory dock

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