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IAN building at Horn Point Lab
The IAN office
Appalachian Laboratory Greenhouse
Appalachian Laboratory Greenhouse
Great Blue Heron photo taken from the dock at Horn Point Laboratory looking towards the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Administration building.
Great Blue Heron at Horn Point Laboratory
The setup consists of a buoy, rope, perforated plastic cup (cabled tied to the rope), a fishing sinker (also cable tied to the rope) to keep the chamber from floating to the surface and a heavy weight (bricks) at the bottom
Macroalgal Incubation Setup
A secchi disk being lowered into the water to measure water clarity
Measuring Secchi Depth
Gracilaria being placed into a perforated plastic cup before in situ incubation to map sewage plumes using changes in its 15N isotopic signature
Placing macroalgae into incubation chamber
Tanks to conduct marsh research by simulating tidal cycles - at the Horn Point Laboratory
Marsh mesocosms
Seagrass shoots will be dried in an oven at 60 degrees celcius and then weighed
Measuring seagrass biomass
Measuring seagrass shoot length
Measuring seagrass shoot length
Separating the seagrass shoot from the rhizome for biomass analysis
Separation of seagrass shoot
Sorting seagrass biomass for analysis of biomass, shoot length, nutrient content
Sorting SAV biomass
Multiscale Experimental Ecosystem Research Center mesocosms for investigating the effects of scale on research outcomes
MEERC Mesocosms
CBOS (Chesapeake Bay Observing System) buoy at the mouth of the Choptank River. There are several of the units throughout Chesapeake Bay, maintained by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
CBOS Buoy
'Sewage Plume Mapping' technique measures the stable nitrogen isotope signature of macroalgae deployed in situ, housed in a perforated transparent container suspended from a buoy and anchored by a weight. Several hundred of these rigs are deployed in a region to map the nitrogen isotope signature.
Deploying macroalgal chamber for sewage plume…
Tank shows settled particulates and wall growth
MEERC mesocosm with paddle mixer
Regular scrubbing of the walls of the MEERC mesocosms tanks was essential for removing the epiphytic wall growth
Scrubbing MEERC Mesocosm
Seagrass Core Collection
Seagrass Core Collection
UMCES researchers staking out wire mesh cages around their seagrass transplant plots
Screening SAV transplant plots against Mute Swans
Trays of Redhead Grass being grown in flow through tanks at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point
Culturing Potamogeton perfoliatus for…
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
Collecting sediment cores on the PAX ACE-INC (Atlantic Coast Environmental Indicators Consortium) cruise on the R/V Aquarius in February 2001
Sediment Corer
Measuring jellyfish biovolume on the PAX ACE-INC (Atlantic Coast Environmental Indicators Consortium) cruise on the R/V Aquarius in February 2001
Jellyfish Biovolume
Measuring a white perch from the trawl on the PAX ACE-INC (Atlantic Coast Environmental Indicators Consortium) cruise on the R/V Aquarius in February 2001
Measuring White Perch
A midwater fish trawl on the PAX ACE-INC (Atlantic Coast Environmental Indicators Consortium) cruise on the R/V Aquarius in February 2001
Midwater Fish Trawl
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