Podcast: 2019 Maine Fishermen’s Forum — Together We Achieve More
Podcast with Northeast Fisheries Science Center director Jon Hare created to promote Science Center activities at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum.
Video promoting downloadable holiday smartphone wallpapers
Video was created to promote the Holiday smartphone wallpaper gallery I created for the Science Center. Music by Killer Tracks.
Video clip of Atlantic salmon smolt release
These salmon smolts have transmitters implanted in their abdominal cavity to help scientists at our Science Center's Orono Field Station understand their migration behavior. Over the next few weeks these smolts will pass by a series of receivers which will collect data about their movement and behavior. Transmitters and receivers are the backbone of acoustic telemetry, a common technology scientists use to track animal behavior. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen, NEFSC.
Video of river herring returning to Maine rivers
River herring swimming upstream in Blackman's Stream that feeds into the Penobscot River in Maine. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Sarah Bailey, NEFSC (video) and NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen, NEFSC (editing).
Video of planting Atlantic salmon eggs in Maine rivers
To plant salmon eggs, one crew member operates a water cannon through an aluminum cone sending a jet of water into the gravely river/stream bottom. The cannon blasts fine sediments away to create more space in between individual pieces of gravel for the eggs to occupy. Another crew member deposits 400 to 800 eggs into each cone. After the eggs sink to the bottom - below the surface of the substrate - another crew member slowly pulls the cone up from the gravelly river bottom, causing water suction to fill the the spaces with eggs. This method mimics the natural process used by adult Atlantic salmon. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Graham Goulette, NEFSC (video) and NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen, NEFSC (editing).
Video montage of sea turtle feeding during rehabilitation at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium
Video compilation of endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium being hand fed. Almost all of the remaining six turtles have gained weight. Some are picky eaters, only eating fish, shrimp, or crabs. Some are less picky, and will eat shrimp and herring. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen, NEFSC.
Video montage of sea turtle rehabilitation at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium
Video compilation of cold-stunned turtles at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen, NEFSC.
Video clip promoting Woods Hole Science Aquarium
Students learning about starfish at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Credit: NOAA Fisheries, NEFSC (video) and NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen, NEFSC (editing).
Video of sea star feeding (Halloween)
Astropecten americanus rise up like zombies from the the sand to feed when they sense food. These sand stars were collected nearly 15 years ago during the NEFSC sea scallop survey. Video credit: NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen, NEFSC. Audio credit: Justin Sabe.
Video clip of Atlantic salmon smolt release
Spring 2017 release of Atlantic salmon smolts tagged with acoustic telemetry transmitters to better understand their behavior and survival during migration. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Graham Goulette, NEFSC (video) and NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen, NEFSC (editing).
Video clip from Go Pro oyster aquaculture study
Scientists at NOAA Fisheries' Milford Lab use GoPro cameras to document how fish and invertebrates might use aquaculture gear like oyster cages as habitat. Credit: Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Gillian Phillips, NEFSC (video) and NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen, NEFSC (editing).
Video interview with cooperative research scientist
John Manderson from NOAA's Sandy Hook Lab talks about collaborating with industry and with commercial fishermen Chris Roebuck. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen, NEFSC.
Video interview about cooperative research study
Andy Lipsky of NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center talks about cooperative research with commercial fishers. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen, NEFSC.
Video interview with soft coral scientist
In 2017, U.S. and Canadian researchers spent 14 days at sea aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow exploring canyons and slope habitats off the Northeast Shelf and in the Gulf of Maine with the Canadian remotely operated vehicle ROPOS, short for Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Science. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen, NEFSC.
Audio clip of amphibian calls
Spring peepers and American toads in Maryland (2016)
In the clip below, you’ll hear the short high-pitched chirping or whistling sounds of spring peepers and the slightly deeper, long drawn trill sounds of American toads.
Audio clip of amphibian calls
Spring peepers and American toads with alert calls in Maryland (2016)
In the clip below, you’ll hear the same short high-pitched chirping or whistling sounds of spring peepers and slightly deeper, long drawn trill sounds of American toads. However, if you listen closely, you’ll also hear several high-pitched trill sounds that increase in pitch over the one to two second frog call. This call is a warning or alert call by spring peepers. Males emit this sound when another male has entered its territory or mistaken it for a female during an amplexus attempt. You can hear examples of this alert call near the 10 second mark through the 25 second mark.
Podcast interview about DNA barcoding study
All about that base...pairs: Using DNA barcoding to identify fish gut contents
Short podcast about DNA barcoading of Chesapeake Bay fishes.
Audio clip of amphibian calls
Spring peepers and other frogs in Maryland (2015)
Animated GIF about marine debris
Using an animated GIF to bring awareness to marine debris
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During my 2014 holiday vacation, I planned a small marine debris project. I spent a couple of hours collecting marine debris from Rehoboth Beach, DE. After arranging the pieces and taking a series of pictures, I uploaded the images to a GIF generator to create this animated GIF. The goal was twofold, bring awareness to marine debris and showcase the common types of marine debris found on beaches in the winter. Drinking straws, bottle caps and shotgun shells were the most abundant items I encountered.
2015 New Year's Marine Debris Project
Video clip of deploying a large seine net from mullet skiff
Leaping from a mullet skiff
Sampling fish predators in the Chesapeake Bay
I shot this video while working in SERC's Marine & Estuarine Ecology lab. We used a mullet skiff to sample for fish predators in the nearshore zone of Chesapeake Bay marshes. This video is featured in my blog post "Curiouser and Curiouser: A Motor at the Front?" There you will learn about mullet skiffs, the history of mullet skiffs and why we used it for sampling fish.
Video of SERC’s long-term trawl survey
Trawling video for Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
In 2009, I conceived, storyboarded, produced and edited my very first video. At the time, there were very few science trawling videos and very few videos on SERC's YouTube Channel. I produced this video to show during SERC's annual Open House and on our YouTube Channel.