What lives at the bottom on our sea bed? To find out, the Survey dredged right in front of of our container terminals.
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| Photo by Rene Ong. |
An astonishing variety of amazing marine life can be found here! Thanks to photos shared by Rene and Sam on facebook, we have a glimpse of what they found and how a dredge is conducted.
The
Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) team conducted a dredge with volunteer support in early June. During the dredge, relatively small samples of the sea bed is taken.
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| Photo by Rene Ong |
Volunteers on the boat work hard to pick out the marine life found in the dredged sample.
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| Photo by Rene Ong |
Sam shares a photo of the many colourful brittle stars found in the dredged sample.
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| Photo by Sam Yeo |
These and as many specimens as possible are quickly preserved on the spot.
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| Photo by Sam Yeo |
More sorting is done back at the TMSI lab on St. John's Island to pick out every tiny creature that lives at the bottom of our waters.
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| Photo by Rene Ong |
Photos are also taken. Here's some of the photos Rene shared of the finds during the dredge. Lots and lots of sea cucumbers!
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| Photo by Rene Ong |
A special kind of sea cucumber!
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| Photo by Rene Ong |
Sea fans with a kind of clam that only grows on sea fans.
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| Photo by Rene Ong |
All kinds of interesting crabs!
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| Photo by Rene Ong |
Everything has to be properly labelled. It's lots of back breaking and careful work. But very satisfying to find out what lives at the bottom of the sea!
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| Photo by Rene Ong |
Check out all the photos shared by Rene (
Part 1 and
Part 2) and
Sam, also on the
Mega Marine Survey facebook page.
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