So we are on the City of Boston's Pump-out
boat today
and we are out in Boston Harbor monitoring
eelgrass and water quality.
Eelgrass is really important habitat for marine
life.
It really supports the whole coastal ecosystem
and food web
because it supports variety of fish the birds
feed on, seals.
And so, we are monitoring to make sure the
water quality
is good enough for the eelgrass to grow.
The water clarity is very important for the
eelgrass,
because without nice clear water, the sunlight,
which is required for photosynthesis can't
reach the eelgrass,
so the eelgrass isn't able to photosynthesise.
It's very exiting being on the water,
because you never know what you gonna find.
So these are loons, they are all caught up
in this mono-folding fishing line
and we are cutting them free.
The last part of my job is to put the data
that I collected
into the database, where it's shared with
environmental agencies around the state
who care about this information,
because they spent a lot of resources, trying
to restore eelgrass
and trying to improve water quality
