Binder 07: Photographs and Images
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Creation Date
12-1-1981
Abstract
From left to right: Dr. Phil Lobel and Dr. Clarendon Bowman with a rainbow parrotfish (Scarus guacamaia) in the PUTS (Portable Underwater Talking Station). Dr. Lobel holds the rainbow parrotfish just below the water while Dr. Bowman surgically implants an acoustical transmitter underneath the dorsal fin of the fish. The acoustical transmitter will be used to track the rainbow parrotfish. 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.
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
Media Type
Color slides
Identifier
O19-00159
Recommended Citation
Ogden, John C., "SCUBA Divers Putting Tracking Devices on Rainbow Parrotfish, C" (1981). Binder 07: Photographs and Images. Image 71.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ogden7_images/71
Keywords
Marine biology--Research, Coral reefs and islands--Caribbean Sea, Coral reef ecology, Coral reef fishes--Behavior, Parrotfishes--Behavior, Fishes--Radio tracking, Fishes--Surgery