Ocean Sampling Day 2015

Photos of AOML microbiologists, interns and citizen scientists collecting samples on Ocean Sampling Day at sites in the Florida Keys, Miami, and La Jolla.

Photo credit: NOAA

  • A troop of girl scouts collect a water sample at a NOAA Ocean Sampling Day site in La Jolla, CA. Image credit: NOAA
  • AOML staff and interns collect a sample at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Image credit: NOAA
  • AOML staff and citizen scientists wade out into Biscayne Bay to collect their sample at Matheson Hammock Park. Image credit: NOAA
  • AOML staff and interns take water quality readings on a handheld YSI meter at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Image credit: NOAA
  • A citizen scientist uses a MyOSD kit to collect a sample in the waters off Bill Baggs State Park on Key Biscayne. Image credit: NOAA
  • An AOML intern bottles a sample at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Image credit: NOAA
  • AOML staff assist citizen scientists in collecting a water sample at Matheson Hammock Park in Miami. Image credit: NOAA
  • An AOML citizen scientist scopes out a sampling site on Key Biscayne. Image credit: NOAA

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  1. A troop of girl scouts collect a water sample at a NOAA Ocean Sampling Day site in La Jolla, CA. Image credit: NOAA
  2. AOML staff and interns collect a sample at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Image credit: NOAA
  3. AOML staff and citizen scientists wade out into Biscayne Bay to collect their sample at Matheson Hammock Park. Image credit: NOAA
  4. AOML staff and interns take water quality readings on a handheld YSI meter at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Image credit: NOAA
  5. A citizen scientist uses a MyOSD kit to collect a sample in the waters off Bill Baggs State Park on Key Biscayne. Image credit: NOAA
  6. An AOML intern bottles a sample at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Image credit: NOAA
  7. AOML staff assist citizen scientists in collecting a water sample at Matheson Hammock Park in Miami. Image credit: NOAA
  8. An AOML citizen scientist scopes out a sampling site on Key Biscayne. Image credit: NOAA