Back Bay Wildlife Refuge 2001

29 Sep 2001

Time: 1150

Abiotic Factors

Weather:

windy, sunny but cool, few clouds

Tides:

wind driven, high,

wind blowing from NE, water will be pushed out of bay

Temperature oC:

air:

20.84

sediment:

21.02

water:

21.08

Dissolved Oxygen:

6.2 ppm

Salinity:

5 ppt

Secchi Disk:

9 cm

Sediment:

muddy sand, dark, fibrous



Transect

Sediment

Bottom Loose Sediment

Distance (m)

Height (cm)

Height (cm)

-18

-45

-67

-15

-42

-125

-12

-42

-69

-9

-35

-63

-6

-31

-41

-3

-22

-26

0

0

3

31

6

61

9

54

12

56

15

33

18

60

21

100

24

102


Biomass

Distance m

Stem Count

1m2

-21

243

Myriophyllum

-3

171

.25m2

0

106 brown

Juncus roemerianus

25 white

23 green

.5m2

6

10

Spartina cynosuroides

2

Solidago sempervirens

12

Cyperus esculentus

16

Echinocloa walteri

.25m2

12

250+

Spartina patens

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