Images

Seen in this image is the acetolysis set up. Acetolysis is used to remove the genetic material from inside the pollen, which allows the scientists to better identify and count the pollen.

This image was taken through the eyepiece of a microscope. Pollen is mixed in with a few larger pieces of organic material.

Electrofishing Niagara River, NY

USGS technicians prepare to weigh a common carp during fish processing

DEC collaborators collect fish from a Niagara River tributary using an electrofishing boat

Chuck Worley (USGS) monitoring the real-time sonar data aboard the R/V Petrel during the geophysical survey in May 2018.

Scientists look at a pollen palynomorph using a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Andrew Kowalczk collecting a water quality sample below dam in Eighteenmile Creek at Burt, NY ( 04219768) as part of the Great Lake Restoration Initiative (GLRI).

Subbottom profiler system towed on pontoons behind the R/V Petrel during the geophysical survey in May 2018

Captain Steve Evert (Stockton University) at the helm of the R/V Petrel during the geophysical survey in May 2018.  Captain Evert is also director of the Stockton University Marine Field Station and mentor to several students who joined the team for various parts of the geophysical and sampling surveys.

Displays showing themultibeam-sonar data acquisition and the navigation system aboard the R/V Petrel during the geophysical survey in May 2018.

A team of biologists, Barry Baldigo, Luis Rodriguez, Mike DeMoulpied, and Abbey Holsopple (from left to right), prepare to conduct a survey for invasive round goby on the New York State Canal system near Rome, NY in 2018. Photo by Scott George

During a National Water Quality Network (NWQN) sampling trip in May to the St Lawrence River, Hydrologic Technician Dave Knauer finds a batch of Zebra mussels attached to the boat anchor. 

View of the Sakonnet River, the eastern arm of the Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

White River at Hazelton IN - downstream view of channel

White River at Hazelton, IN - downstream view of channel from bridge

Surveying with UAS in cooperation with US Army Corps of Engineers (Cape Cod, MA).

 The beach-dependent shorebirds project at the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center relies heavily on collaborations with other DOI agencies, such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service.

USGS scientists measure beach elevation and other profile characteristics as part of a project that models how barrier islands will likely change with sea-level rise - and how those changes will ultimately affect piping plover and other shorebird nesting habitat availability.

Michael Toomey, Jessica Rodysill, and Tom Sheehan collect sediment cores from Lake Drummond, located within the Great Dismal Swamp. The cores were obtained using a vibracore, which was mounted on a platform between two canoes. 

Scientists collect cores on Lake Drummond, located within the Great Dismal Swamp.