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mouth of the Merrimack River, Plum Island and the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.
Merrimack River, Plum Island, and Parker River Wildlife Refuge
Merrimack River, Plum Island, and Parker River Wildlife Refuge
Merrimack River, Plum Island, and Parker River Wildlife Refuge

This image created using the Continuous Bathymetry and Elevation Models of the Massachusetts Coastal Zone and Continental Shelf, shows the mouth of the Merrimack River, Plum Island and the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

This image created using the Continuous Bathymetry and Elevation Models of the Massachusetts Coastal Zone and Continental Shelf, shows the mouth of the Merrimack River, Plum Island and the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

Drone pilots by creek
Drone Pilots on a mission at Nelson Island Creek, Rowley, MA
Drone Pilots on a mission at Nelson Island Creek, Rowley, MA
Drone Pilots on a mission at Nelson Island Creek, Rowley, MA

In collaboration with the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, the AIM group conducted UAS aerial surveys looking at vegetation classification/index surrounding a MBL gas flux tower located in Nelson Island Creek, Rowley, Massachusetts.

In collaboration with the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, the AIM group conducted UAS aerial surveys looking at vegetation classification/index surrounding a MBL gas flux tower located in Nelson Island Creek, Rowley, Massachusetts.

Photograph of Dr. Ben Gutierrez moderating a session at the 2019 diversity workshop
Ben Gutierrez moderating Partnership in Education Program (PEP) panel
Ben Gutierrez moderating Partnership in Education Program (PEP) panel
Ben Gutierrez moderating Partnership in Education Program (PEP) panel

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center geologist, Ben Gutierrez, moderates a panel at the 2019 Partnership Eucation Program (PEP) 10th Anniversity Conference and Celebration, Woods Hole, MA June 28-30, 2019.

3 separate images of sediment samples
Sediment Samples
Sediment Samples
Sediment Samples

Once removed from the pressure core testing tool, this specimen shows that it is not a homogeneous sediment.  The mostly fine-grained sample (dark sediment in all three images) easily breaks apart at a thin layer of coarse-grained sediment (light sediment on the inner core surfaces of images (i) and (ii).

Once removed from the pressure core testing tool, this specimen shows that it is not a homogeneous sediment.  The mostly fine-grained sample (dark sediment in all three images) easily breaks apart at a thin layer of coarse-grained sediment (light sediment on the inner core surfaces of images (i) and (ii).

person in purple jacket and orange hat stands with GPS rover in a grass stand that is taller than her
GPS in the Phragmites
GPS in the Phragmites
GPS in the Phragmites

USGS technician Jennifer O’Keefe Suttles stands within a Phragmites stand within the Herring River Estuary, part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. 

USGS technician Jennifer O’Keefe Suttles stands within a Phragmites stand within the Herring River Estuary, part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. 

Photograph of 2 UNC mini landers surrounded by Sablefish
UNC mini landers surrounded by Sablefish
UNC mini landers surrounded by Sablefish
UNC mini landers surrounded by Sablefish

 Two UNC mini landers, surrounded by Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) and pink sea urchins, incubate seawater in situ to enable calculations of methane oxidation rates.

Photograph of Red plumes burst out from the tops of these chemosynthetic tubeworms
Red plumes burst out from the tops of these chemosynthetic tubeworms
Red plumes burst out from the tops of these chemosynthetic tubeworms
Red plumes burst out from the tops of these chemosynthetic tubeworms

Red plumes burst out from the tops of these chemosynthetic tubeworms, capturing hydrogen sulfide and oxygen from the surrounding water to feed their bacterial endosymbionts. The tubeworm tubes provide a habitat for several benthic animals, including the pale pink branching octocorals seen here

Red plumes burst out from the tops of these chemosynthetic tubeworms, capturing hydrogen sulfide and oxygen from the surrounding water to feed their bacterial endosymbionts. The tubeworm tubes provide a habitat for several benthic animals, including the pale pink branching octocorals seen here

Installing CoastCam at Cape Cod National Seashore
Installing CoastCam at Cape Cod National Seashore
Installing CoastCam at Cape Cod National Seashore
Installing CoastCam at Cape Cod National Seashore

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Marinna Martini and team installing CoastCam at Cape Cod National Seashore

coastal camera installed on beach
CoastCam
CoastCam
CoastCam

A new CoastCam station was established at Head of the Meadow Beach, North Truro, MA in the Cape Cod National Seashore in 2019. The camera overlooks the beach from atop a remote sandy bluff about a quarter of a mile from the parking lot, so the installation of the cameras, batteries, and solar panels was challenging.

A new CoastCam station was established at Head of the Meadow Beach, North Truro, MA in the Cape Cod National Seashore in 2019. The camera overlooks the beach from atop a remote sandy bluff about a quarter of a mile from the parking lot, so the installation of the cameras, batteries, and solar panels was challenging.

snapshot of beach from CoastCam
CoastCam Snapshot
CoastCam Snapshot
CoastCam Snapshot

A new CoastCam station was established at Head of the Meadow Beach, North Truro, MA in the Cape Cod National Seashore in 2019. The camera overlooks the beach from atop a remote sandy bluff about a quarter of a mile from the parking lot, so the installation of the cameras, batteries, and solar panels was challenging.

A new CoastCam station was established at Head of the Meadow Beach, North Truro, MA in the Cape Cod National Seashore in 2019. The camera overlooks the beach from atop a remote sandy bluff about a quarter of a mile from the parking lot, so the installation of the cameras, batteries, and solar panels was challenging.

a photograph of multiple long steel poles on the beach going into the water with a pier in the background and a bright blue sky
Cross Shore Array Deployment at the FRF
Cross Shore Array Deployment at the FRF
Cross Shore Array Deployment at the FRF

The USGS Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics Group will be deploying a cross shore array at Pea Island, various intruments will be connected to the poles to measure oceanographic conditions

sunrise over water
Cape Cod Bay Sunrise
Cape Cod Bay Sunrise
Cape Cod Bay Sunrise

Taken on the last full day of the Cape Cod Bay 2019 Survey, from the wheel house of the boat at about 5:45 am.

Taken on the last full day of the Cape Cod Bay 2019 Survey, from the wheel house of the boat at about 5:45 am.

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