Woods Hole Science Center

Summary Information for Field Activity 2007-044-FA

Area of Operations: tide pool, Sandwich Town Beach, Sandwich, Massachusetts, Cape Cod Bay, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: December 12, 2007 to December 12, 2007

Chief scientist: Page Valentine

Mary Carman, WHOI

Objectives: Study the ecology of the invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum and its response to seasonal temperature changes in a New England tide pool habitat.

Type of Activity: Sampling; Photography;

Information to be derived:

Summary: Collected 1,669 digital photos (jpeg format on CD-ROM) of Didemnum vexillum colonies and tide pool, and time series temperature data.

Contact: Dann Blackwood (dblackwood@usgs.gov)
Page Valentine (pvalentine@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier F-44-07-MY. Visit this site for more information.

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Platform Info:

ON FOOT

Publications resulting from these data

Valentine, Page 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: p. 109-121. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.021)

Data Types and Locations:

Geophysics

Logs

P. Valentine's tide pool notes: Excel spreadsheet summarizing data collected for 41 tide pool visits.

Photos

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