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Didemnum sp. - Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, Images


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January 22, 2004
View of the left hand side of the ferry pier and the floating dock alongside.
View of the left hand side of the ferry pier and the floating dock alongside.		 Image DB_VH_DSC0034. View of the left hand side of the ferry pier and the floating dock alongside, looking seaward, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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View of the floating dock on the left hand side of the ferry pier looking seaward.
View of the floating dock on the left hand side of the ferry pier looking seaward.		 Image DB_VH_DSC0033. View of the floating dock on the left hand side of the ferry pier looking seaward, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Didemnum sp. collected from the inboard side of the floating dock. Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0009, tunicate colonies of D. sp. encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava.
Image DB_VH_DSC0009		 Image DB_VH_DSC0009. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava attached to rubber floats of the floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0015, tunicate colonies of D. sp. encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava.
Image DB_VH_DSC0015		 Image DB_VH_DSC0015. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava attached to rubber floats of the floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0018, tunicate colonies of D. sp. encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava.
Image DB_VH_DSC0018		 Image DB_VH_DSC0018. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava attached to rubber floats of the floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0024, tunicate colonies of D. sp. encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava.
Image DB_VH_DSC0024		 Image DB_VH_DSC0024. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava attached to rubber floats of the floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0025, tunicate colonies of D. sp. encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava.
Image DB_VH_DSC0025		 Image DB_VH_DSC0025. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava attached to rubber floats of the floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0005, tunicate colonies of D. sp. encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava.
Image DB_VH_DSC0005		 Image DB_VH_DSC0005. Tunicate colony of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava attached to rubber floats of the floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Dark spots on D. sp. are clusters of fecal pellets showing through the tunic. Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0021, tunicate colonies of D. sp. encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava.
Image DB_VH_DSC0021		 Image DB_VH_DSC0021. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava attached to rubber floats of the floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Small dark red colony of Botrylloides violaceaus in right center of image. Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0012, tunicate colonies of D. sp. encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava.
Image DB_VH_DSC0012		 Image DB_VH_DSC0012. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava attached to rubber floats of the floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Orange and yellow colony of Botryllus schlosseri and dark red colony of Botrylloides violaceus on S. clava in center of image. Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0026, tunicate colonies of D. sp. and Botrylloides violaceus.
Image DB_VH_DSC0026		 Image DB_VH_DSC0026. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) and Botrylloides violaceus (dark red) encrusting the solitary tunicates Styela clava. Coin is 0.9 in (2.3 cm). Floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0027, tunicate colony of D. sp. encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava.
Image DB_VH_DSC0027		 Image DB_VH_DSC0027. Tunicate colony of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava. Dark spots on D. sp. are clusters of fecal pellets showing through the tunic. Coin is 0.9 in (2.3 cm). Floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0028, tunicate colony of D. sp. encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava.
Image DB_VH_DSC0028		 Image DB_VH_DSC0028. Tunicate colony of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava. Dark spots on D. sp. are clusters of fecal pellets showing through the tunic. Coin is 0.9 in (2.3 cm). Floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0029, tunicate colony of D. sp. encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava.
Image DB_VH_DSC0029		 Image DB_VH_DSC0029. Tunicate colony of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava. Dark spots on D. sp. are clusters of fecal pellets showing through the tunic. Coin is 0.9 in (2.3 cm). Floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0030, tunicate colonies of Botryllus schlosseri and Botrylloides violaceus.
Image DB_VH_DSC0030		 Image DB_VH_DSC0030. Tunicate colonies of Botryllus schlosseri (orange/yellow) and Botrylloides violaceus (dark red) encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava. Coin is 0.9 in (2.3 cm). Floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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Image DB_VH_DSC0032, tunicate colonies of D. sp.
Image DB_VH_DSC0032		 Image DB_VH_DSC0032. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum sp. (light yellow) in various stages of encrusting the solitary tunicate Styela clava. Dark spots on D. sp. are clusters of fecal pellets showing through the tunic. Botryllus schlosseri (orange/yellow) and Botrylloides violaceus (dark red) also present. Coin is 0.9 in (2.3 cm). Floating dock by the ferry pier, Vineyard Haven, Marthas Vineyard, MA (41 deg 27.4 min N lat, 70 deg 35.9 min W lon). Water depth 0.5 m. Water temperature 0 deg C. January 22, 2004. Observers: Mary Carman (WHOI) and Page Valentine (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Location no. 19.
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MAINE IMAGES: Cobscook Bay, ME /   Cobscook Bay2, ME /   Estes Head, ME /   Fort Island Narrows, ME /   Thrumcap Island, ME /   Long Island Ledges, ME  /   Wentworth Point, ME
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