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Field equipment and gear is prepared for use
Preparation of field equipment
Rain during a cruise along the Patuxent River
Raingear on the Patuxent
Fishing net
Fishing net
On deck the Aquarius during a cruise along the Patuxent River
Raingear on deck
This sediment grab remains open when sent to the bottom and the release snaps shut the mouth for sediment collection.
Sediment grab
Oyster biological indicators are deployed in mesh cages that will be suspended 0.5 meters above the bottom by the white buoys and anchored by the bricks.
Cages for deploying oyster biological indicators
Assembled gear to deploy oyster biological indicators. Cages will hold the oysters and will be suspended 0.5 meters above the bottom by the buoys and anchored by the bricks.
Cages for deploying oyster biological indicators
These weights are towed apart from each other from behind a boat, keeping fishing nets open. When hoisted back on board, the net closes and can be hauled in.
Fishing net trap door
A Taylor float is used for Oyster Gardening for oyster restoration. The PVC tubing allows these oysters to grow near the surface of the water, above water that is potentially hypoxic (with little oxygen) or anoxic (no oxygen).
Taylor float for oyster gardening
Oysters are placed in cages which are suspended by buoys and anchored with bricks.
Cages for oyster biological indicators
The oysters in this cage are being deployed as biological indicators of nitrogen source. They will be suspended 0.5 meters above the bottom by the white buoy.
Oyster biological indicators
Plankton net tows behind a ship, collecting samples in the jar at the end of the net.
Plankton net
Raingear for the US Coast Guard
US Coast Guard
A YSI meter is used to measure temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity in Monie Bay, a component of Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Measuring water quality
Preparing sediment corers made from 60 ml syringes for sampling and water quality monitoring fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays.
Preparing sediment cores in Maryland's Coastal…
Monitoring water quality with a YSI 85 instrument in Monie Creek, part of the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Buoys marking oyster biological indicators can be seen in the background.
Monitoring water quality
Illustration of VIMS Fetch autonomous underwater vehicle
VIMS Fetch autonomous underwater vehicle
Illustration of fly fishing lure
Fly fishing lure
Illustration of plankton net
Plankton net
Illustration of two people beach seining
Seining
Illustration of tsunami sensor and transmitting buoy
Tsunami sensor and transmitting buoy
Illustration of sediment trap
Sediment trap
A walkway through the salt marsh connects this dock on Little Monie Creek to the poultry farm in the background.
Dock on Little Monie Creek at poultry farm
Monitoring water quality in the Monie Bay component of Chesapeake Bay, MD National Estuarine Research Reserve. Fortnightly sampling will contribute to the System-Wide Monitoring Program
Monitoring water quality
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