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Dowling College Marinating MST Chm 6687 Summer 2010

Dowling College Marinating MST Chm 6687 Summer 2010. Adjunct Associate Professor, Lou Siegel Noyce Scholars Program. One of our first trips was to explore the Connetquot River by kayak. Here a student checks for nitrates.

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Dowling College Marinating MST Chm 6687 Summer 2010

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  1. Dowling College Marinating MSTChm 6687Summer 2010 Adjunct Associate Professor, Lou Siegel Noyce Scholars Program

  2. One of our first trips was to explore the Connetquot River by kayak. Here a student checks for nitrates

  3. Kayaks were anchored at several stations along the river which allowed students to work together without drifting

  4. Atmospheric parameters such as humidity being tested here with a sling psychrometer are important.

  5. Keeping records of data

  6. Next we explored further out into the estuary by boat, repeating the same measurements

  7. Measuring wind speed and temperature

  8. Keeping data records

  9. Seining for organisms on the Fire Island shoreline

  10. Checking the seine for organisms

  11. Identifying specimens collected on the trip

  12. Blowfish, killiefish and pipefish from the seine

  13. The group visited Caumsett State Park on the north shore to see the very different shoreline north of the glacial moraine

  14. Here the students gather on the sandspit created by wave action on the Long Island Sound shoreline

  15. The luxuriant salt marsh behind the spit

  16. Cactus and other succulents grow on the shoreline

  17. Students gather to identify specimens

  18. Unique cliffs which reveal layering of glacial deposits

  19. Swallows utilize the layered, eroded cliffs for their nests

  20. Caumsett is a former estate. The main house is now used for conferences and environmental programs

  21. The view from the mansion includes a kettle pond left by the glaciers

  22. Oystering and clamming were important fisheries on Long Island. The Priscilla, built in 1888, is a National historic vessel whichhas been restored by the Maritime museum in West Sayville

  23. Students received instructions on the basics of sailing

  24. Dr. John Tanacredi, Chairperson of the Department of Earth and Marine Sciences at Dowling shares his knowledge of the bay

  25. Professor Siegel and the class onboard the Priscilla

  26. SixtoPortilla guides the class through a tour of Dowling’s Center for Estuarine, Environmental and Coastal Oceans Monitoring (CEECOM)

  27. Dowling CEECOM. The USGS rainfall monitoring station is visible on the pole at left

  28. Looking for baby horseshoe crabs

  29. The facilities at Dowling CEECOM

  30. The class samples local seafood

  31. After being instructed in the use of the equipment the class receives their sSELF monitoring kits for use with their classes

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