Equipment Skills

Working on numerous projects in diverse environments has provided me with a wide range of equipment skills including, but not limited to:

Underwater Acoustics
Fish sampling equipment
Boating skills
Water quality monitoring equipment

Underwater Acoustics

Hydroacoustic Survey Equipment - Biosonic Transducers (201, and 208 kHz)

I have performed hydroacoustic surveys using two horizontal split-beam Biosonic transducers (201 and 208 kHz) on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers.

Transducers

Tranducers underway

Data Collection

Passive Acoustic Telemetry - Vemco VR2W 69kHz Receivers

I have deployed, maintained, range tested, and designed passive acoustic telemetry arrays using VR2W receivers for a number of studies using a variety of transmitters (Vemco: V7, V9, V13, V13P, V16, V16P).

VR2W Receivers ready to deploy

Deployed receiver

VRTX Receiver ready to deploy

Active Acoustic Telemetry

Vemco VR100-200 Tracking Receiver

Used for active tracking of animals
Also used to locate VRTX receivers in the Illinois River

Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)

Nortek 600 kHz ADCP

Deployed and analyzed data from Nortek 600 kHz ADCP
Seafloor mounted, deployed for ~3-4 months

Fish Sampling Gear

Antillean Fish Trap

We used and deployed Antillean fish traps for a number of projects to catch fish for animal tracking studies.

Fyke Nets

For a pilot study on Phantom Lake, WI, we deployed Fyke nets to see if it was a viable way to catch dogfish and carp.

Gill Nets

Gill net deployed on Illinois River to supplement electro-fishing surveys. Grass carp pictured here.

Electro Fishing

I have led samplings of electro fishing assessments on warm water streams in SE Wisconsin.

Submersible Rotating Video

Created by Dr. Koenig (http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2015.1010) we are using these to capture grouper spawning on video.

Hook and Line

Traditional rod and reel or hand line setups are also effective ways of catching fish, such as peacock flounder

Boating Skills

I have worked on and captained a variety of vessels, and have over five years experience operating boats on the Mississippi and Illinois River, inland lakes, Lake Michigan, and in the Caribbean and Atlantic ocean. I Completed the US Power Squadron Boating Course (March 5, 2014).

Boats operated: 30 ft Island Hopper 380 hp diesel engine, 28 ft ProKat twin 225 hp engines, 27 ft Used Coast Guard vessel with twin 250 hp engines, 23 ft Mako twin 150 hp engines, 20 ft Angler 150 hp engine, 17 ft Whaler 90 hp engine, 17 ft Twin Vee 50 hp engine.

Water Quality Monitoring Equipment

YSI EXO Sonde

I have maintained and calibrated YSI water quality sensors, which included pH and Chl a. We used this to compliment fish sampling and hydroacoustic sampling efforts

Oxygen Sensors

I have used miniDOT oxygen loggers to examine variance in dissolved oxygen levels in a shallow lagoon, coral reef, native segrass beds, and invasive seagrass beds.

Temperature Sensors

I have used Onset Hobo Loggers for long term and short term temperature deployments.

Seabird CTD 25 and CTD 25plus

Maintained and processed CTD data for a number of projects. Maintenance and pH calibrations need to be performed routinely

Fluorometer

I have used and maintained a Wetlab Fluotometer to measure the one meter of water above the coral reef.

Hydrolab

I have used, maintained, and calibrated the Hydrolab for water quality projects.

St. Thomas Data Buoy

With assistance from the company that maintained the buoys

Niskin

Allows for water samples to be collected at discrete depths

Secchi Disk

Not all equipment needs to be hundreds of dollars to be useful.

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