Massachusetts MarineFisheries Standard Operating Procedure Monitoring eelgrass (Zostera marina) at SeagrassNet site Salem Sound MS 45.1 Last updated 6/15/16 TE POINT OF CONTACT Tay Evans Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Annisquam River Marine Fisheries Field Station 30 Emerson Ave. Gloucester, MA 01930 978-282-0308 x168
[email protected] I. OBJECTIVE Quarterly monitoring of Salem Sound MS 45.1 (off of West Beach in Beverly) site as part of a global monitoring program. II. GEAR LIST A. Field Gear (Field Gear continued) . Divers . Tote: Personal Diving gear 2 large mouth catch bags with pocket Tanks/ Tank Racks 2 meter sticks Safety gear, dive float/flag 2 brass clip (for meter sticks) . Electronics: 3 screw anchors Drop camera, charged (July only) Re-Bar for screw anchors Underwater digital camera, charged 2 x 0.25m2 quadrats GoPro, extra batteries 1 x 0.0625m2 quadrat HOBO, launched (do not store in 3 mushroom weights plastic) 3 large surface buoys (A,B,C) . Blue Cooler: 2 subsurface toggle buoys Clip boards (metal and blue) (replacements) Transect tapes A, B, C Extra line for replacement if needed WD 40 . Extra in blue building: Duct tape Spool of potwort line Mesh bags nested 1-12 (all 3 sets) 6 large surface buoys on a rope Extra mesh bag for voucher 2 loose buoys Metal labeler Yellow string Labeled zip loc bags for samples (3 Scissors voucher, 3 sediment, 36 biomass (12 for each A, B, and C)) B. Laboratory Bags of ice for Samples & Extra Cooler Dissecting scalpel or razors Refractometer Forceps .