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The unique tube-forming amphipod Cerapus tubularis
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Beautiful day on the Eastern Shore
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Reflecting on the day's work
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Sampling a seagrass community
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And who doesn't love an elegant little nudibranch?
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The work of discovery
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Ovalipes ocellatus, the Lady Crab
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My what a big claw you have! The amphipod Dulichiella appendiculata
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DSC_2341 coquina - credit Amnda Bemis
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Bdelloura candida (Triclad flatworm), who lives exclusively among the gills of the horseshoe crab
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This beautiful, tiny sea slug Ercolania fuscata (Ascoglossa) is probably a specialist feeder on one or a few types of green algae
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Proceraea fasciata (Polychaeta: Maldanidae)
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Chiridotea caeca (Isopoda: Idoteidae)
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The joy of discovery.
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The MarineGEO team is a well-oiled machine.
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Organizing field data back at the lab
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Nat preparing to attack the buoy, Cape Charles
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Nick sampling meiofauna at Cape Charles
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MarineGEO field crew sampling at Cape Charles
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Team member Simon Pecnik meets a new friend, Cape Charles
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eam members John Slapcinsky, Nat Evans, Stephanie Bush, and Jenny Dreyer sampling at Cape Charles
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John sampling at Wise Point, Virginia
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The marsh periwinkle (Littoraria irrorata) on cordgrass at WisePoint, Virginia
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A good haul of bryozoans and sponges from the floating docks at Wise Point, Virginia.
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Gustav leaves no stone unturned. Oyster, Virginia.
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Hunting above the tide line, Oyster, Virginia.
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P7260009 Stephanie Bush - credit Emmett Duffy
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Team member Nick Schizas, University of Puerto Rico.
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Team member Jim Thomas, Nova Southeastern University
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Team member Carrie Craig, National Museum of Natural History.