Port monitoring study 2014

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The aim of the port studies was to monitor several ports in NY for detection of novel invasive species. Wendy Paterson and Knut Mehler collecting zooplankton samples in Buffalo Harbor.

2/17

Wendy Paterson deploying settlement plates at the Field Station.

3/17

Sampling in the spring in Oswego harbor.

4/17

Wendy sampling in Oswego harbor by a large ship.

5/17

Josh Fisher, Susie Daniel, and Brianne Tulumello preparing to use a benthic sled in Buffalo Harbor.

6/17

Susie and Brianne preparing to use a benthic sled in Buffalo Harbor.

7/17

Collecting organisms from the settlement plates back in the lab.

8/17

Deploying the benthic sled in Oswego Harbor.

9/17

Collecting plankton samples in Oswego harbor in the fall.

10/17

Sorting through samples in Oswego.

11/17

Brianne Tulumello preparing a minnow trap to monitor for novel invasive species.

12/17

The minnow traps used hot dogs and bread to attract animals. The trap would keep larger animals, but a sponge was also added to provide a refuge for smaller animals so we could sample for them as well.

13/17

Wendy Paterson and Brianne Tulumello preparing to sample at Oswego.

14/17

Brianne Tulumello preparing to scrape periphyton and attached animals from the bulkhead along the walls of the port.

15/17

Brianne and Wendy wearing chest waders.

16/17

Wendy Paterson and others seine for novel invasive species in a tributary.

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Wendy Paterson and others seine for novel invasive species in a tributary.