Tides:

High

1:45 AM

Low

7:45 AM

Temperature oC

Water

18

Salinity ppt

33

Dissolved Oxygen ppm

6.1

Sediment: at dock

dark brown beneath very thin layer of lighter brown

sand mixed with fine particles of clay

Weather:

clear, sunny, low/no wind

First Trawl

set:8:21 AM

drawn:8:31 AM

Abundance

Fauna

18

anchovies

Anchoa mitchelli

12

sand trout

Cynoscion rebulosus

4

dog whelks

Nassarius vibex

2

kingfish

Menticirrhus saxatilis

1

bluefish

Pomatomus saltrix

1

cusk eel

Ophidion holbrooki

1

moon fish

Selene setapinnis

1

perch

Bairdiella chyrsoura

1

squid

Lolliguncula brevis

1

summer flounder

Paralichthys dentatus

1

white shrimp

Penaes duororum

Second Trawl

set: 8:50 AM

drawn: 9:00 AM

Abundance

Fauna

100

anchovies

72

perch

26

sand trout

7

kingfish

5

bluefish

2

white shrimp

2

dog whelks

1

moon fish

1

squid

1

summer flounder

0

cusk eel

Other Fauna

Brown pelican

Pelecanhus occidentalis

Db Crested Comorant

Phala crocorax

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Gull

Larus argentatus

Sandpiper

Actitis macularia

Plankton

2 types of copepods

Crab zooea

comb jellies (Ctenophora-phylum)