shell delivery: whole shells of surf clam

tools for creating shell bags (spat collectors)

work stations ready, orientation underway

shell bags: students measuring out mesh

shell bags: Bill Shadel guides eager students

shell bags: digging in

shell bags: working together

shell bags: the boys at work

shell bags: the girls at work

shell bags: students really like this part!

deployment: loading students' shell bags

deployment: unloading bags from truck to beach

deployment: shell bag pile awaiting move to flats

deployment: unloading bags from truck to beach

deployment: from beach to boat to flats

deployment: volunteers head out to arrange bags

deployment: arranging the bags into neat rows

deployment: securing bags into groups

deployment: arranging bags

deployment: Lisa Calvo inspects the tidy rows

deployment: completed (2009 season)

deployment: some of the 2009 volunteers & staff

monitoring spat set: those specs are young oysters

monitoring spat set

spat set: larger (older) spat

transplant: measuring spat size

transplant: measuring spat size...

transplant: recording spat size

transplant day: press interviewing Lisa Calvo

transplant: hauling the bags of spatted shells

transplant: hauling the bags of spatted shells

transplant: brief storm interrupts 2008 work

transplant: barge loaded with spatted shell

transplant: opening shell bags on deck

transplant: brief rest while heading to reef

transplant: "planting" spatted shell on reef

reef monitoring: hauling sample

reef moniting: examining sample

reef moniting: sample contents (oysters & more!)

reef moniting: lots of oysters!

reef monitoring: red beard sponge (a good sign!)

reef moniting: several oysters growing attached

reef moniting: oysters growing attached (nice!)

companion study: year 2 of small reef