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Data from Bay Tree Beach 9 Sept 02 (F Block)
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Directions: |
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Left Oyster Pt/Victory Blvd |
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Left on Hwy 17 (North) |
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Right on Wolftrap Rd. |
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Right on Goodwin Neck Rd. |
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Right on Seaford Rd. |
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Left on Beach Rd. |
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Tide: |
High Tide 11:46 AM |
storm surge present |
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Low Tide 6:00 PM |
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Weather: |
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mostly sunny, sparse cloud cover, warm, breezy
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Water: |
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slightly choppy, small steady swells from SE |
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Abiotic: |
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Temperature: |
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air: 25.4 C |
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water: 27.07C |
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sand: 26C |
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Secchi disk: |
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50 cm |
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Salinity: |
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26ppt |
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DO: |
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6 ppm |
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Transect 12 Sep 02 |
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distance M |
height cm |
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-66 |
-127 |
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-63 |
-118 |
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-60 |
-115 |
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-57 |
-104 |
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-54 |
-98 |
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-51 |
-92 |
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-48 |
-100 |
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-45 |
-109 |
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-42 |
-97 |
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-39 |
-87 |
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-36 |
-80 |
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-33 |
-85 |
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-30 |
-90 |
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-27 |
-96 |
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-24 |
-96 |
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-21 |
-87 |
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-18 |
-87 |
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-15 |
-50 |
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-12 |
-32 |
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-9 |
-20 |
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-6 |
-10 |
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-3 |
-11 |
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0 |
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3 |
0 |
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6 |
16 |
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9 |
17 |
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12 |
28 |
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Biomass: |
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0.5m2 3 m from splash zone (usual low tide line) |
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48 stems Spartina
alterniflora |
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0.5m2 1 m from splash zone (usual center littoral
zone) |
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327 stems of Spartina
alterniflora |
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Fauna: |
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wrack line: |
Grillus orchestria |
sand flea |
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seive: |
Geukensia demissa |
ribbed mussel |
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Sabellid tubes-sand burrows |
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Seine: |
Menidia beryllina |
silverside |
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Palaemonetes vulgaris |
grass shrimp |
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Clibarnarius vittatus |
hermit crab |
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Callinectes sapidus |
blue crab |
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beach: |
Uca pugnax |
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fiddler crab |
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Littorina irrorata |
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Littorina
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about 15-20 painted snails pink |
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Dist Splash (m) |
Ht stem cm |
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1.7 |
5.5 |
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15 |
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28 |
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39 |
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Floristics: |
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Sublittoral |
Zostra marina |
eel grass |
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Ulva |
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sea lettuce |
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Littoral |
Aster tenufolius |
saltmarsh aster |
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Borrichia Frutescens |
sea oxeye daisy |
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Juncus roemerianus |
black needlerush |
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Limonium carolinianum |
sea lavendar |
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Pluchea odorata |
saltmarsh fleabane |
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Salicornia virginica |
saltwort or glasswort |
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Spartina alterniflora |
saltmarsh cord grass |
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Supralittoral |
Agrostis perrans |
agrostis |
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Ammophila breviligulata |
beach grass |
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Baccharas halimifolia |
silverling |
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Iva frutescens |
marsh elder |
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Lechea maritima |
pinweed |
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Opuntia compressa |
prickly pear cactus |
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Panicum amorum |
running beachgrass |
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Phragmites australis |
reed grass - Phrag |
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Maritime |
Pinus taeda |
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loblolly pine |
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Forest |
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