Bay Tree Beach 2003

 

   
     

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    Data 2 September 2003    
   
12:04 PM
12:56 PM
   
   
Abiotic
light penetration 54 cm
salinity 17/1000
water temp 30 C
sand temp 32 C
air temp 36 C
Weather: sunny with some clouds, no/light breeze
Tides 9 Sep 11:46 AM High tide  6:00 PM low tide

 

   
   
Bay Tree Beach Transect 
distance M 2002 Ht cm 2003 Ht cm
-51 -86
-48 -83
-45 -72
-42 -66
-39 -60
-36 -68
-33 -77
-30 -65
-27 -55
-24 -48 -57.5
-21 -53 -56
-18 -58 -55.5
-15 -64 -56
-12 -64 -53
-9 -55 -48
-6 -55 -47.5
-3 -18 -47
0 0 0
3 12 -50
6 22 -46
9 21 -19
12 32 69
15 32 72
18 48 75
21 49 69
24 49 78
   
       
     
Floristics
Bay Tree Beach 2003
Maritime Forest Opuntia compressa Prickly Pear Cactus
Pinus taeda L Loblolly Pine
Smilax rotundafolia Greenbriar
Ilex opaca Aiton American Holly
Betula nigra L River Birch
Fraxinus pennsylvanica marsh Green Ash
Supralittoral Phragmites australis Fragmites
Ammophila breviligulata Beach Grass
Cyperus esculentus Nut Grass
Clethra alinifolia Sweetpepper Bush
Arenaria lanuginosa Beach Sandwort
Baccharis halimifolia Groudsel Tree
Cakile edentula Sea Rocket
Littoral Limonium nashii small Sea Lavender
Salicornia virginica L Glasswort
Spartina alterniflora Cord grass

 

    
   
Biomass
stem count ave ht cm mass g (~5 stems) Stem Lengths cm
litteral/sublittoral 105 90.25 16.5 81 76 104 100
tidal pool 63 59.5 12 76 52 76 52 76 25
supra lit phrag 27 80.714286 21.2 97 106 61 28 96 102 75
g Carbon/m2 =  0.5 m2stem count*mass g/5 stems*2*0.06 g C/ g wet mass g C / m2
litteral/sublittoral 0.5 m2 *105*16.5 g/5 stems*2*0.06 g C/ g wet mass 20.8
tidal pool 0.5 m2*63*12 g/5 stems*2*0.06 g C/ g wet mass 9.07
supra lit phrag 0.5 m2 *27*21.2 g/5 stems*2*0.06 g C/ g wet mass 6.87
 
Fauna
Seine
# Caught Scientific Name
15 Fundulus similis Longnose Killifish
>25 Labidesthes siddulus Silverside
1 Leiostomus xanthurus Spotfish
1 Menticirrhus spp Northern Kingfish
? Callinectes sapidus blue crab
 
>25 all dead Geukensia demissa ribbed mussel

 

    
   
Allie, Concetta, Kyra
Capture Recapture Study
Littorina irrorata  Capture Phase
# of snail Ht of Water cm Ht on Stem cm
1 8 21
2 8 22
3 8 42
4 10 33
5 10 35
6 24 43
7 24 45
8 24 46
9 24 52
10 25 42
11 25 43
12 25 46
13 25 49
14 25 46
15 25 47
16 25 54
17 26 46
18 27 49
19 27 43
20 27 45
21 27 47
22 27 55
23 28 42
24 28 50
25 28 45
26 28 28
27 28 37
28 28 40
29 28 42
30 29 42
31 29 43
32 29 55
33 29 49
34 29 54
35 30 35
36 30 49
37 30 37
38 30 50
39 30 34
40 30 44
41 30 54
42 30 57
43 30 34
44 30 36
45 30 37
46 30 40
47 30 60
48 31 40
49 31 44
50 31 43
51 31 44
52 31 50
53 31 52
54 32 39
55 32 44
56 32 45
57 32 55
58 32 57
59 32 35
60 32 36
61 32 37
62 32 44
63 32 42
64 32 42
65 32 59
66 32 60
67 32 61
68 32 62
69 32.5 53
70 33 67
71 33 35
72 33 58
73 33 53
74 33 41
75 33 44
76 33 45
77 33 47
78 33 53
79 33 56
80 33 36
81 33 46
82 33 57
83 34 60
84 34 36
85 34 37
86 34 38
87 34 34
88 34 40
89 34 33
90 34 42
91 34 43
92 34 46
93 34 37
94 34 38
95 34 41
96 34 43
97 34 46
98 34 47
99 34 48
100 34 37
101 34 40
102 34 37
103 34 38
104 36 48
105 36 58
106 36 64
107 36 47
108 37 48
109 37 42
110 37 43
111 37 43
112 37 43
113 37 42
114 37 43
115 38 40
116 39 46
117 39 40
118 39 50
119 47 51
120 55 87
121 56 65
122 56 67
123 56 68
124 56 69
125 58 79
126 58 76
127 62 69

 

 

   
 

 
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