Text Box: TESTING PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT

Recording data

Y.S.I. (hand-held probe)

Secchi Disk used to measure the Photic Zone depth

Misken Bottle: used to collect water samples from deep water

Plankton Net: used to collect suspended plankton

Net used to collect fish that are swimming in the water

Shaking the net so that all specimens are moved to the back of the net

Baby Box Corer: used to collect sediment from the estuary floor

Pulling up the Trawl: used to collect specimens that live on the estuary floor

Watching for when the Secchi Disk is no longer visible