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The grab sampler will collect sediment samples once the spring releases the jaws at the bottom of the Patuxent River.
Sediment grab sampler
ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve
ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve
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
farmhouse in Bavaria, Germany
Bavarian farmhouse
Oysters are placed in cages which are suspended by buoys and anchored with bricks.
Cages for oyster biological indicators
Excess fine grained oxic and anoxic sediments from a sample core taken from the Patuxent River
Fine sediments from Patuxent River
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
A sediment core has been collected and is being prepared for storage and analysis by carefully filling the core with water from the sample site to minimize disturbance.
Sediment core preparation
Water samples from the Patuxent River are collected and prepared for analysis on board the R/V Aquarius
Water sample analysis
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
Tim Carruthers prepares a sediment corer with a rubber stopper. This corer is made by cutting off the top of a 60 mL syringe. Samples were collected from Maryland's Coastal Bays
Collecting sediment cores
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
David celebrates being muddy in the field at Johnson Bay
Fieldwork is fun!
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…
Little Monie Creek, part of the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve twists and turns around salt marshes.
Turning the corner in Little Monie Creek
Ashepoo River in the ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina. View from the National Estuarine Research Reserve field station.
ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve
Glacier National Park, Montana
Montana meadow
Rocky Mountains
Mountain wildflower meadow
Rocky Mountains
Mountain wildflower meadow
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