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Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of wetlands and waterways within Monocacy National Battlefield.
Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of…
Diagram showing summary results of habitat-based resource condition assessment of Monocacy National Battlefield.
Diagram showing summary results of habitat-based…
David holds a frothing blue crab found in a ghost crab pot.
David caught a frothing crab
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
Rain during a cruise along the Patuxent River
Raingear on the Patuxent
Readying and checking research equipment on the Aquarius during a cruise along the Patuxent River
Checking equipment on the Aquarius
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
Sediments from the Patuxent River are sifted through onboard the R/V Aquarius to collect and identify benthic organisms
Sifting for benthic organisms
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
Making field measurements and sampling along a depth profile in the Patuxent River in the rain.
Measurements in the rain
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
The grab sampler will collect sediment samples once the spring releases the jaws at the bottom of the Patuxent River.
Sediment grab sampler
The highly defensible treasury hall at Petra, Jordan was carved into the soft rock. The double line of notches to either side of the main building held ladders for the carvers, who started from top.
Treasury Hall at Petra, Jordan
Natural Resource Managers at Shenandoah National Park workshop to conceptualize the park's key features, major threats, and vital monitorinig programs.
Conceptual Diagram workshop with National Park…
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
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
Natural Resource Managers at Shenandoah National Park workshop to conceptualize the park's key features, major threats, and vital monitorinig programs.
Conceptual diagramming workshop at Shenandoah…
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
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