SCUBA Divers Putting Tracking Devices on Rainbow Parrotfish, A

Creator

Clarendon Bowman
John C. OgdenFollow

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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 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

O19-00096

Recommended Citation

Bowman, Clarendon and Ogden, John C., "SCUBA Divers Putting Tracking Devices on Rainbow Parrotfish, A" (1981). Binder 07: Photographs and Images. Image 8.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ogden7_images/8