SCUBA Divers Putting Tracking Devices on Rainbow Parrotfish, B

Creator

John C. OgdenFollow

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Creation Date

12-1-1981

Abstract

An acoustical transmitter being surgically implanted in a rainbow parrotfish (Scarus guacamaia) held just below the surface in the PUTS (Portable Underwater Talking Station) at a depth of 50 ft. The transmitter is in the left hand of Dr. Clarendon Bowman (the diver on the right side). The PUTS is a small house-like structure next to Hydrolab which has a pocket of trapped air that allowed divers to swim in and talk with one another without having to reenter Hydrolab. Hydrolab was an underwater laboratory located on the seafloor which allowed scientists to live and work underwater for extended periods of time. At the time of the photograph, Hydrolab was located at a depth of approximately 50 feet in Salt River submarine canyon, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Photograph by John C. Ogden

Keywords

Marine biology--Research, Coral reefs and islands--Caribbean Sea, Coral reef ecology, Coral reef fishes--Behavior, Parrotfishes--Behavior, Fishes--Radio tracking, Fishes--Surgery

Extent

2x2 inches cardboard projector slide with Kodachrome 35mm color photographic film

Subject: geographic

United States Virgin Islands; St. Croix (United States Virgin Islands); Salt River Bay (United States Virgin Islands)

Physical Collection

Dr. John Ogden Caribbean and Coral Reef collection

Media Type

Color slides

Identifier

O19-00098

Recommended Citation

Ogden, John C., "SCUBA Divers Putting Tracking Devices on Rainbow Parrotfish, B" (1981). Binder 07: Photographs and Images. Image 10.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ogden7_images/10