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Didemnum sp. - Wellfleet Harbor, Massachusetts, Images


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November 14, 2005
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Image DB_WH_DSCF2801.		 Image DB_WH_DSCF2801. Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) aquaculture site in Wellfleet Harbor at tidal height of -0.8 ft (-0.24 m). Aquaculturist Andrew Cummings (left) and researchers. Black mesh bags containing oysters are tipped up on metal racks. Site is subtidal except at lowest tides. Wellfleet Harbor off Mayo Beach (approx. 41 deg 55.52 min N, 70 deg 02.41 min W). Maximum tidal range 11 to 12 feet (3.3 to 3.6 m). November 14, 2005. Collected by A. Cummings. Identified by P. Valentine (USGS) and M. Carman (WHOI). Photo credit: D. Blackwood, (USGS). Location no. 64.
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Image DB_WH_DSCF2802.		 Image DB_WH_DSCF2802. Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) aquaculture site in Wellfleet Harbor at tidal height of -0.8 ft (-0.24 m). Black mesh bags containing oysters are tipped up on metal racks. Colonies of Didemnum sp. (tan color) are encrusting mesh bags and oysters inside bags; red sponge and orange bryozoan also encrust the bags. Site is subtidal except at lowest tides. Wellfleet Harbor off Mayo Beach (approx. 41 deg 55.52 min N, 70 deg 02.41 min W). Maximum tidal range 11 to 12 feet (3.3 to 3.6 m). November 14, 2005. Collected by A. Cummings. Identified by P. Valentine (USGS) and M. Carman (WHOI). Photo credit: D. Blackwood, (USGS). Location no. 64.
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Image DB_WH_DSCF2792. 		Image DB_WH_DSCF2792. Colonies of Didemnum sp. (tan color) encrusting mesh bags and oysters (Crassostrea virginica) inside bags; red sponge and orange bryozoan also encrust the bag. Site is subtidal except at lowest tides. Wellfleet Harbor off Mayo Beach (approx. 41 deg 55.52 min N, 70 deg 02.41 min W). Maximum tidal range 11 to 12 feet (3.3 to 3.6 m). November 14, 2005. Collected by A. Cummings. Identified by P. Valentine (USGS) and M. Carman (WHOI). Photo credit: D. Blackwood, (USGS). Location no. 64.
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Image DB_WH_DSCF2790.		 Image DB_WH_DSCF2790. Colonies of Didemnum sp. (tan color) encrusting mesh bag and oysters (Crassostrea virginica) inside bag; oysters attached to mesh by tunicate colonies; red sponge and orange bryozoan also encrust the bag. Site is subtidal except at lowest tides. Wellfleet Harbor off Mayo Beach (approx. 41 deg 55.52 min N, 70 deg 02.41 min W). Maximum tidal range 11 to 12 feet (3.3 to 3.6 m). November 14, 2005. Collected by A. Cummings. Identified by P. Valentine (USGS) and M. Carman (WHOI). Photo credit: D. Blackwood, (USGS). Location no. 64.
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Image DB_WH_DSCF2788.		 Image DB_WH_DSCF2788. Colonies of Didemnum sp. (tan color) encrusting mesh bag and oysters (Crassostrea virginica) inside bag; oysters attached to mesh by tunicate colonies; red sponge and orange bryozoan also encrust the bag. Site is subtidal except at lowest tides. Wellfleet Harbor off Mayo Beach (approx. 41 deg 55.52 min N, 70 deg 02.41 min W). Maximum tidal range 11 to 12 feet (3.3 to 3.6 m). November 14, 2005. Collected by A. Cummings. Identified by P. Valentine (USGS) and M. Carman (WHOI). Photo credit: D. Blackwood, (USGS).Location no. 64.
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Image DB_WH_DSCF2780.		 Image DB_WH_DSCF2780. Colony of Didemnum sp. (tan color) encrusting mesh of oyster bag; orange bryozoan also encrusts the bag. Site is subtidal except at lowest tides. Wellfleet Harbor off Mayo Beach (approx. 41 deg 55.52 min N, 70 deg 02.41 min W). Maximum tidal range 11 to 12 feet (3.3 to 3.6 m). November 14, 2005. Collected by A. Cummings. Identified by P. Valentine (USGS) and M. Carman (WHOI). Photo credit: D. Blackwood (USGS).Location no. 64.
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Image DSCF2776.		 Image DB_WH_DSCF2776. Colony of Didemnum sp. (tan color) encrusting oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Site is subtidal except at lowest tides. Wellfleet Harbor off Mayo Beach (approx. 41 deg 55.52 min N, 70 deg 02.41 min W). Maximum tidal range 11 to 12 feet (3.3 to 3.6 m). November 14, 2005. Collected by A. Cummings. Identified by P. Valentine (USGS) and M. Carman (WHOI). Photo credit: D. Blackwood, (USGS). Location no. 64.
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Image DB_WH_DSCF2773.		 Image DB_WH_DSCF2773. Colony of Didemnum sp. (tan color) encrusting oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Site is subtidal except at lowest tides. Wellfleet Harbor off Mayo Beach (approx. 41 deg 55.52 min N, 70 deg 02.41 min W). Maximum tidal range 11 to 12 feet (3.3 to 3.6 m). November 14, 2005. Collected by A. Cummings. Identified by P. Valentine (USGS) and M. Carman (WHOI). Photo credit: D. Blackwood, (USGS). Location no. 64.
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MAINE IMAGES: Cobscook Bay, ME  New.  /   Cobscook Bay2, ME  New. /   Estes Head, ME  New.  /   Fort Island Narrows, ME /   Thrumcap Island, ME /   Long Island Ledges, ME  /   Wentworth Point, ME
MASSACHUSETTS IMAGES: Boston Harbor, /   Chatham,  MA /   Oak Bluffs, MA /   Orleans, MA /   Osterville Grand Island, MA /   Provincetown, MA /   Sandwich, MA /   Sandwich Town Beach, MA /   Sandy Bay, MA /   Stage Harbor, MA /   Strong Island, MA /   Vineyard Haven, MA /   Wellfleet Harbor, MA /   West Falmouth Harbor, MA /   Woods Hole (Eel Pond), MA /   Woods Hole (Iselin Dock), MA
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