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St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center images.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo (LARC) survey vessel towed an Edgetech chirp 512i subbottom profiler mounted on a catamaran sled.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo (LARC) survey vessel towed an Edgetech chirp 512i subbottom profiler mounted on a catamaran sled.
USGS scientist Jennifer Miselis stands on board the US Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo (LARC). USGS collaborated with USACE to analyze coastal change due to Hurricane Sandy. Miselis is preparing to deploy a Chirp sub-bottom profiling system with a towfish attached in between the pontoons to collect sub-seafloor geological data.
USGS scientist Jennifer Miselis stands on board the US Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo (LARC). USGS collaborated with USACE to analyze coastal change due to Hurricane Sandy. Miselis is preparing to deploy a Chirp sub-bottom profiling system with a towfish attached in between the pontoons to collect sub-seafloor geological data.
'Fisheye' photograph of the oceanside area of Fire Island showing dunes, surf, and beach, with 2 researchers beside an all-terrain vehicle
'Fisheye' photograph of the oceanside area of Fire Island showing dunes, surf, and beach, with 2 researchers beside an all-terrain vehicle
Eroded dunes on Fire Island, New York, nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy.
Eroded dunes on Fire Island, New York, nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy.
A crew of USGS scientists prepares equipment, including personal watercraft, to collect nearshore bathymetry and sub-surface geology data to assess the impacts of Hurricane Sandy.
A crew of USGS scientists prepares equipment, including personal watercraft, to collect nearshore bathymetry and sub-surface geology data to assess the impacts of Hurricane Sandy.
Following Hurricane Sandy, estuarine surface samples were collected to assess foraminiferal microfossil distribution in the estuary and for comparison with marsh cores to aid in identification of storm deposits and estuarine influences on the marsh. We spotted a few horseshoe crabs while sampling but this was certainly one of the largest.
Following Hurricane Sandy, estuarine surface samples were collected to assess foraminiferal microfossil distribution in the estuary and for comparison with marsh cores to aid in identification of storm deposits and estuarine influences on the marsh. We spotted a few horseshoe crabs while sampling but this was certainly one of the largest.
Following Hurricane Sandy, GPR field work was conducted on Assateague Island, Maryland, to image stratigraphic features that may aid in explaining controls on washover deposition. The horseshoe crab was spotted early in the morning while gearing up for the day.
Following Hurricane Sandy, GPR field work was conducted on Assateague Island, Maryland, to image stratigraphic features that may aid in explaining controls on washover deposition. The horseshoe crab was spotted early in the morning while gearing up for the day.
A wall of Desmophyllum dianthus cup corals with bonus octopus neighbor.
A wall of Desmophyllum dianthus cup corals with bonus octopus neighbor.
A colony of the reef-building, massive starlet coral, Siderastrea siderea.
A colony of the reef-building, massive starlet coral, Siderastrea siderea.
Photo of the seafloor in Block Island Sound showing a rock crab and several shrimp on a boulder that is covered with bryozoans. The photo was collected in support of research and management activities (e.g., wind farms and fisheries) along the Rhode Island inner continental shelf.
Photo of the seafloor in Block Island Sound showing a rock crab and several shrimp on a boulder that is covered with bryozoans. The photo was collected in support of research and management activities (e.g., wind farms and fisheries) along the Rhode Island inner continental shelf.
Katie Krueger, a summer intern at the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, uses an optical microscope to pick out foraminifera from Arctic Ocean sediment samples.
Katie Krueger, a summer intern at the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, uses an optical microscope to pick out foraminifera from Arctic Ocean sediment samples.
Summer intern Katie Krueger (center) and her USGS supervisors: research oceanographer Lisa Robbins (left) and research geologist Jennifer Miselis. Because of her stellar academics and volleyball skills, Krueger was notified of her acceptance to Virginia Tech early in her junior year.
Summer intern Katie Krueger (center) and her USGS supervisors: research oceanographer Lisa Robbins (left) and research geologist Jennifer Miselis. Because of her stellar academics and volleyball skills, Krueger was notified of her acceptance to Virginia Tech early in her junior year.
SCUBA diver working on a calcification station at Fowey Rocks, Biscayne National Park, Florida.
SCUBA diver working on a calcification station at Fowey Rocks, Biscayne National Park, Florida.
Multicores collected from the northern Gulf of Mexico while aboard the R/V Pelican in 2013. These cores are sampled at 5 mm increments and used to reconstruct sea surface temperature in the Gulf of Mexico over the past 1000 years.
Multicores collected from the northern Gulf of Mexico while aboard the R/V Pelican in 2013. These cores are sampled at 5 mm increments and used to reconstruct sea surface temperature in the Gulf of Mexico over the past 1000 years.
An x-radiograph (top) and photograph (bottom) of an Orbicella faveolata specimen collected from Dry Tortugas National Park in 2008. Note the annual banding couplets of high-and-low density bands. Figure modified from Flannery and Poore, 2013.
An x-radiograph (top) and photograph (bottom) of an Orbicella faveolata specimen collected from Dry Tortugas National Park in 2008. Note the annual banding couplets of high-and-low density bands. Figure modified from Flannery and Poore, 2013.
A USGS diver carrying a scale bar and clipboard swims above Sombrero Reef, Florida Keys using SCUBA.
A USGS diver carrying a scale bar and clipboard swims above Sombrero Reef, Florida Keys using SCUBA.
USGS diver taking a core of a 100-year-old coral to allow reconstruction of past ocean temperatures in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
USGS diver taking a core of a 100-year-old coral to allow reconstruction of past ocean temperatures in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Assessing how storms move sediment during storms provides coastal scientists and managers the information they need to keep coastal communities safe and prosperous. And, lucky for us, provides many opportunities to see great coastal sunsets!
Assessing how storms move sediment during storms provides coastal scientists and managers the information they need to keep coastal communities safe and prosperous. And, lucky for us, provides many opportunities to see great coastal sunsets!
Hurricane Sandy moved a house from barrier island to estuary, in this case into Barnegat Bay, NJ. Waves from extreme storms do the same with barrier island sediment.
Hurricane Sandy moved a house from barrier island to estuary, in this case into Barnegat Bay, NJ. Waves from extreme storms do the same with barrier island sediment.
Debris from Hurricane Sandy (Seaside Heights, NJ) is piled up behind an artificial dune in order to protect island infrastructure from the subsequent winter storm season. Like storms, humans change coasts too.
Debris from Hurricane Sandy (Seaside Heights, NJ) is piled up behind an artificial dune in order to protect island infrastructure from the subsequent winter storm season. Like storms, humans change coasts too.
USGS Graduate Research Assistant Legna Torres-Garcia installs a temperature logger on a coral reef in Dry Tortugas National Park. She and her team deployed a vertical array with temperature loggers every 1m from the seabed to near-surface with the goal to capture any changes in temperature through time and across depth.
USGS Graduate Research Assistant Legna Torres-Garcia installs a temperature logger on a coral reef in Dry Tortugas National Park. She and her team deployed a vertical array with temperature loggers every 1m from the seabed to near-surface with the goal to capture any changes in temperature through time and across depth.