Hydrobiology field staff recently returned from Brazil where they completed another large-scale marine and coastal environmental monitoring survey. Using locally sourced boats, the project team sampled at over 150 sites spanning 500 km of Atlantic coastline. Adopting a ‘multiple-lines of evidence’ approach, the scientific program included eDNA, fish hydro-acoustics and trawling, plankton tows, sediment grabs, water quality, CTD and ROV.
The project team were kept in good company throughout the survey with humpback whale mother and calf pairs, curious dolphins inspecting our ROV, sea turtles and birds!
