MARINE & MARITIME 11ATAR

How to Conduct a Coral Reef Survey

Using the M/Y Golden Shadow as a research platform, research scientists implement standardized protocols to map, characterize, and evaluate coral reefs. The research involves comparing coral reefs across gradients of biodiversity, oceanographic conditions and human pressures to determine their status and major threats, and to identify key factors that enhance their health and resilience.

SOURCE: Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (2012) on YouTube; Duration: 8:25 mins; URL: https://youtu.be/L2ifY5ZJe6g

Using the Turbidity Tube

This video will cover how to properly use your turbidity tube in the field.

SOURCE: Alliance for Chesapeake Bay (2020) on YouTube; Duration: 1:14 mins; URL: https://youtu.be/8JVhrwqrZ1U

How do scientists measure ocean currents?

Bob is specially designed to drift with the surface currents and is equipped with a GPS unit so the CARTHE scientists can track where he goes and how fast he is moving. In the video, follow Bob as he moves throughout the Gulf of Mexico, providing information to scientists so they can predict where pollutants, people, and larval lobster may go based on how the ocean currents are moving.

SOURCE: Waterlust (2013) on YouTube; Duration: 2:00 mins; URL: https://youtu.be/gysyr2lqwFs

How to Measure Salinity with a Refractometer

SOURCE: The Scientist Videographer (2013) on YouTube; Duration: 1:29 mins; URL: https://youtu.be/pqIHlsBNltY