Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine
Affiliate Investigator(s): Mary Carman, WHOI
Information Specialist(s): Dann Blackwood, Page Valentine
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Visual Identification: Submersible Observations
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Study the ecology of the invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum and its response to seasonal temperature changes in a New England tide pool habitat.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 2007-12-12
End Date: 2007-12-12
Equipment Used: Stowaway Tidbit temperature logger, Digital camera, Submersible Observation
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 1,669 digital photos (jpeg format on CD-ROM) of Didemnum vexillum colonies and tide pool, and time series temperature data.
Staff: Dann Blackwood, Page Valentine
Affiliate Staff:
Mary Carman - WHOI
Notes: This is the final field activity in a series of 41 over 4 years. Tide pool is located at 41.77222 N, 70.49 W. First tide pool visit was 12/04/03. Water temperature loggers were deployed from 07/26/04 to 12/12/07, with a gap in water temperature data from 09/27/04 to 10/31/04. Original Center People field contained: Page Valentine - Ch. Sci.; Dann Blackwood.
Project = National Benthic Habitat Studies - Atlantic, National Benthic Habitat Studies - Atlantic
Location:
tide pool, Sandwich Town Beach, Sandwich, Massachusetts, Cape Cod Bay, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 41.77722 | South: 41.76722 | West: -70.495 | East: -70.485 |
Platform(s):
on foot |
Valentine, P.C., Carman, Mary R., Blackwood, Dann S., and Heffron, Erin J., 2007, Ecological observations on the colonial ascidian Didemnum sp. in a New England tide pool habitat: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 342 no. 1, doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.021.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's tide pool notes: Excel spreadsheet summarizing data collected for 41 tide pool visits. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Stowaway Tidbit temperature logger | --- | Temperature | |
Digital camera | --- | Photo | |
Submersible Observation | --- | Submersible Observations | 2007-044-FA-NL-001 (P. Valentine's tide pool notes: Excel spreadsheet summarizing data collected for 41 tide pool visits.) |