Image
Seeing Red
September 27, 2015Dave Kulis and Liann Correia, research assistants in the lab of biologist Don Anderson, retrieve a CTD—an instrument that measures conductivity, temperature, and depth—from Salt Pond, part of the Cape Cod National Seashore’s Nauset Marsh system. In early May 2015, a large bloom of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense, or red tide, occurred while the researchers were monitoring the pond and is visible here as bands of reddish-brown water. As part of the Anderson Lab’s ongoing study of harmful algal blooms in Nauset Marsh, this program helps regulatory agencies determine when to close shellfish beds to protect public health.(Daniel Cojanu, UnderCurrent Productions ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Image and Visual Licensing
WHOI copyright digital assets (stills and video) contained on this website can be licensed for non-commercial use upon request and approval. Please contact WHOI Digital Assets at images@whoi.edu or (508) 289-2647.