Photos from Cape Cod National Seashore

A clear stream flows into sandy beach. Beyond the beach are green vegetated salt marshes, which are lined with vegetated sand dunes
View from Hatch Harbor, Cape Cod National Seashore. June 2021. Colleen Keenan / NPS Photo
Two field crew members stand look into the distance towards the left on a sandy beach. One stands in a square netted frame, the other stands with a rectangular net on her shoulders.
Agnes (left) and Holly Plaisted (right), NCBN Biologist and Project Lead, prepare to sample nekton at Hatch Harbor. June 2021. Colleen Keenan / NPS Photo
Two researchers carrying square-framed nets walk into the distance on a sandy beach lined by a stream
NCBN Biologist and Project Lead, Holly Plaisted (right), leads the way to the nekton sampling site at Hatch Harbor. June 2021. Colleen Keenan / NPS Photo
A square, netted frame stands in a shallow river with reddish sand. Vegetated sand dunes frame the background
Trap net placed in the water for nekton sampling at Hatch Harbor. June 2021. Colleen Keenan / NPS Photo
Four field crew members wearing wetsuits and snorkels stand on a boat. One researcher stands waist-deep, next to a yellow raft
NCBN Biologist and Project Lead, Holly Plaisted (third from left), takes a field team to sample seagrass at Pleasant Bay. June 2021. Colleen Keenan / NPS Photo
Two field crew members wearing black wetsuits and snorkels on their foreheads stand on a boat. One holds a black device that both are looking at
Field crew members prepare sampling equipment at Pleasant Bay. June 2021. Colleen Keenan / NPS Photo
Two field crew members stand in wetsuits and snorkels knee-deep in a river. One holds up a buoy with sea grass attached to the bottom.
Field crew sampling seagrass at Pleasant Bay. June 2021. Colleen Keenan / NPS Photo
View of a wide river lined with trees and salt marsh under a blue, cloudless sky. Silhouettes of three field crew members are visible in the distance
Seagrass field crew wade through waters to collect samples at Pleasant Bay. June 2021. Colleen Keenan / NPS Photo
A diver wearing a wetsuit and snorkels swims along the bottom of a river. She reaches out to touch seagrass with her right hand
A field crew member snorkels in an estuary to inspect seagrass at Nantucket. August 2021. Holly Plaisted / NPS Photo
Underwater photo of a meadow of bright neon green seagrass. Some clumps look fuzzy in texture, others are long thin singular blades
A meadow of seagrass at Nantucket, CACO. August 2021. Holly Plaisted / NPS Photo
Above-water photo of blades of green seagrass leaning gently under the surface of the water.
Eelgrass (Zostera marina) underwater at Nantucket. August 2021. Holly Plaisted / NPS Photo

Last updated: March 25, 2022