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Megan Moews-Asher
Art, Imagery, and Design
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY'S PRISTINE SEAS
ILLUSTRATIONS
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In close consultation with their scientists, a series of scientific illustrations were created for the National Geographic Society's Pristine Seas Program to convey messages that photographs cannot.
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Mediums: pen and ink, with watercolor highlighting key elements
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Music: Chris McDermott
Environmental DNA (e-DNA)--Water samples are collected from the ocean to get a comprehensive understanding of life in/around coral reefs. Examples include cells from fish shedding, coral spawning, predation, scavenging, sponge mucus, sea star gametes, plankton, etc.
BAITED REMOTE UNDERWATER VIDEO SYSTEMS​
BRUVs are used to identify, count, and measure marine animals at different ocean habitats and depths.​
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Seabed BRUVs at <5m --70m depths (shallow seagrass, reef wall, & early twilight zone). In addition to species ID, measurements, and numbers, of particular importance, is capturing how high predator biomass may be associated with deeper, healthier, more resilient reefs.
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