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Many parts of Pipe Creek are so shallow that you can see directly through the water to the bottom. This makes sampling difficult, since disturbing the sediment is almost inevitable. Sandusky, Ohio.
Shallow Creeks
Oyster dredge aboard the R/V Aquarius
Oyster dredge
Water quality monitoring fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Skillet fish are commonly found among oyster shells and reefs. This was found during water quality monitoring fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Skilletfish found among oyster shells in…
Field equipment and gear is prepared for use
Preparation of field equipment
On deck the Aquarius during a cruise along the Patuxent River
Raingear on deck
David Needham adds formalin to sample bacteria and viruses in a tributary of Monie Bay, National Estuarine Research Reserve
Sampling bacteria and viruses in Monie Bay, NERRS
This sediment grab remains open when sent to the bottom and the release snaps shut the mouth for sediment collection.
Sediment grab
Making field measurements and sampling along a depth profile in the Patuxent River in the rain.
Measurements in the rain
Water quality monitoring fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Plankton net tows behind a ship, collecting samples in the jar at the end of the net.
Plankton net
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
Collecting oyster biological indicators after deployment in Maryland's Coastal Bays.
Collecting oyster biological indicators
Water quality monitoring fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Oyster biological indicator cages have been collected after deployment.
Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
Water quality monitoring fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays.
Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays
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…
Conceptual diagram illustrating how sampling is to be conducted based on available resources, data needed, and analyses conducted.
Choosing sampling methods
Conceptual diagram illustrating the sample design in relation with the parameters and instruments while gathering data in a coastal assessment.
Gathering data for Coastal Assessment
Conceptual diagram illustrating the sample locations in the Marine Monitoring Network used for the MLR models in the Everglades.
Sampling sites in the everglades
Snorkeling to gather samples for research aboard the Parker
Collecting samples with the Parker
Illustration of box corer
Box corer
Bridge of the research vessel, the RV Cape Henlopen, operated by the University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies
Bridge of the RV Cape Henlopen
Larry Sandford and Pat (...)hudt collecting a sediment core on the PAX ACE-INC (Atlantic Coast Environmental Indicators Consortium) cruise on the R/V Aquarius in February 2001
Collecting a sediment core
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