The Eye in the Sky: Surveying Atlantic Menhaden & Their Predators with Drones and Satellites

Atlantic menhaden are a surface-schooling planktivorous fish found in the waters spanning the East Coast. Their two main roles are essential to our coastal ecology: to eat and to be eaten. Menhaden filter our waters by consuming phytoplankton and detritus thus becoming an energetically rich prey item for anything and everything living in or around our coastal waters. Using multi-year survey data from drones and satellites we looked at when, where, and how many menhaden are schooling in Long Island waters as well as who is consuming them. An imaging technique called photogrammetry was used to look at morphology characteristics of schools and their predators.

This lecture is free with admission to the lighthouse.

https://montaukhistoricalsociety.org/event/the-eye-in-the-sky/

You may also like the following events from Montauk Point Lighthouse:

• Next Tuesday, 8th July, 02:00 pm, Exploring Long Island’s Underwater World in Montauk
• Next Wednesday, 9th July, 11:00 am, Up-Cycle Art with Laura O’Shaughnessy Swan in Montauk
• Next Saturday, 12th July, 05:00 pm, Murmrr Presents: Kevin Hart in Montauk