Estuary Habitats
Rich in biodiversity, this habitat is located near Pine Island and is a grassy home for many crabs, minnows and juvenile fish.
What is the eelgrass meadow?
How mariners refer to the right side of a vessel.
What is "starboard?"
This swimming crab is feisty and often has bright red claw-tips.
What is a blue crab?
The small nets used to catch and transfer organisms caught at the shore.
What are dip-nets?
What is a Great White Shark?
What is a Salt Pond?
Added weight that counteracts the buoyant force on an ROV or other vessel.
What is ballast?
Frequently caught in the trawl, this fish has both of its eyes on the left side of its head.
What is a summer flounder or fluke?
The benthic net used to drag along the bottom and catch as many organisms as possible.
What is the otter trawl?
The name of the skiff Debbie drove this week.
We visited this type of habitat in three different locations this week, and it is home to many Asian Shore Crabs, Green Crabs and Periwinkles.
What is "positively buoyant?"
This large, pink plankton visited us at Bushy Point Beach on Thursday.
What is a lion's mane jelly?
The net whose mesh size is the same diameter as 2 human hairs.
What is the plankton net?
Who is Captain Brae?
The beach on the south side of Pine Island is referred to as this habitat because it tucked away between parts of the island that stick out further into the water.
What is the Pocket Beach?
The name of the ROV we used aboard the Enviro-Lab II to see the bottom of Long Island Sound?
What is Video Ray?
You can distinguish males from females of this species of minnow by looking for vertical or horizontal stripes.
What is a killifish?
The net used to catch minnows and other nearshore organisms, and requires two people to operate.
What is a seine net?
The Captain of the Enviro-Lab II.
Who is Captain Ian?
The name scientist give a mix of salt and fresh water.
What is "brackish"?
The name of the cable that connects an ROV to the vessel and operator.
What is "tether?"
The "walking clam" we caught in the mud aboard the Enviro-Lab II on Wednesday.
The claw sampler used to grab mud from the bottom of Long Island Sound.
What is the Peterson Grab?
Our day-camp intern.
Who is Marnaysha?