Protocol Overview
- Find a date, time, and place to collect your data
- Select a rocky intertidal area or mudflat as your field site
- Choose a date and time to collect data that is within one hour of low tide
- Determine whether or not there are mussel beds or individual mussels at your field site
- Take up to 5 photos of your field site
- At least one photo showing the entire field site area
- Any additional photos of individual mussels or predators you see
- OPTIONAL: Complete the advanced protocol section
- Once you are in a safe location with wifi or cellular data access, visit investigate.gmri.org/mussel_map to contribute your data:
- Click on the Contribute tab to document your observations and upload your photos.
- Click on View Data to see your and other observations
See the detailed protocol linked below for more information
Resources:
- Mussel Bed Mapping Detailed Protocol
- Mussel Bed Mapping Simple Protocol
- Upcoming Negative (Very Low) Tides
- COMING SOON: Identification guide
