Rudee Inlet Data 6 October 2004

 

   
   
I-64 East, I-264 East to Va beach, turned 
right on Pacific Ave, right on Winston Salem,
left into the marina

 

   
   
Ocean
26 ppt / 19 C
Owl's Creek
27 ppt / 19 C
Tides
Low - 7:38 AM
High - 2:03 PM

 

   
   

Field Equipment List:
Trawl               cooler
Aerator            garbage bags
Container         Thermometer
DO probe        Field notebooks

 

   
   

Data: Trawl One

OCEAN
trawl time 8:20- 8:32 AM
Fauna
Larus argentatus herring gull
Pandion haliaetus osprey
Pelicanus occidentalis pelican
Phalacrocorax auritus cormorant
Anchoa mitchilli anchovie
Brevoortia tyrranus Atlantic menhaden
Cynoscion arenarius sand sea trout
Hippocampus erectus lined sea horse
Larimus fasciatus banded drum
Leiostomus xanthus spot
Menticirrhus americanus whiting
Menticirrhus americanus southern kingfish
Micropogonias undulatus Atlantic croaker
Pogonias cromis black drum
Selene vomer lookdown
Libinia emarginata spider crab
Ovalipes oscellatus lady crab
Pagurus pollicaris flat-clawed hermit crab
Lolligunculus brevis squid
Nassarius coronulus dogwelk
Polinices lewisii moon snail

 

   
   

Data: Trawl Two

CREEK
trawl time 9:02- 9:07 AM
Fauna
Alcedo quadribrachys blue kingfisher
Branta canadensis canadian geese
Casmerodius albus egret
Larus argentatus herring gull
Anchoa mitchilli bay anchovy
Bairdiella chrysura perch
Brevoortia tyrannus Atlantic menhaden
Chloroscombrus chrysurus Atlantic bumper
Eucinostomus argenteus mojarra
Larimus fasciatus banded drum
Leiostomus xanthus spot
Menticirrhus americanus southern kingfish
Micropogonias undulatus Atlantic croaker
Selene vomer lookdown
Panaeus duorarum shrimp
Lolligunculus brevis squid
Nassarius obsoletus mud dogwelk
Lernea elegans  anchor worm

 

   
         
         
   

 

            Floristics

Spartina alterniflora ecophenotypes: short and tall
Myrica cerifera
Baccharius halimifolia

Maritime forest trees


 
     

Don't forget to describe the procedure, include your observations and your interpretations.
An assessment would be useful.

 

   
         
 

 

 

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