Gulfwatch

Hosted by: Coastal Research Volunteers

Date

Ongoing Opportunity

Time

Contact coordinator for times

Contact

Alyson Eberhardt
[email protected]
603.862.6709

About Gulfwatch

Gulfwatch is a chemical-contaminants monitoring program organized and administered by the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment. Since 1993, Gulfwatch has measured contaminants in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) to assess the types and concentration of contaminants in coastal waters of the Gulf of Maine. It is one of the few monitoring programs and the only one in the Gulf of Maine to be coordinated across international borders. Each fall, scientists collect blue mussels, rotating among 38 sites around the Gulf of Maine, and analyze their whole tissues for a variety of contaminants. Data indicate where contaminant concentrations may be high and enable researchers to compare concentrations at different locations. Data also show changes in concentrations over time. Time-series analysis is continually being conducted as more data become available each year. Join us for collecting mussel samples from NH sites!


We need volunteers to help with:

Sampling and training - Pierce Island 8:45AM

September 23, 2013 8:00pm
This task is filled or completed
Join us to sample blue mussels as part of the Gulfwatch biomonitoring program. We are meeting at the Pierce Island boat launch in Portsmouth at 8:45am. Training will occur prior to sampling. If you are able, please join us at the Jackson Estuarine Lab afterward for some mussel shucking to prepare the samples for analysis.
Who volunteered?

Sampling and training - Fort Stark parking lot 6:45AM

October 6, 2013 8:00pm
This task is filled or completed
Join us to sample blue mussels as part of the Gulfwatch biomonitoring program. We are meeting at Fort Stark in Newcastle at 6:45am to collect mussels from Little Harbor. Training will occur prior to sampling. Then please join us at the Jackson Estuarine Lab afterward to measure, shuck, weigh and prepare the samples for analysis.

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