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Port
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| Port Isobel 1-3 Dec 2001 |
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| Beach site |
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| Abiotic |
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| temperature
oC |
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air |
15.48 C |
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sand |
16.79 C |
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water |
15.54 C |
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| salinity ppt |
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22 |
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| dissolved
oxygen ppm |
7.9 |
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| weather: |
windy, cloudy, cool,
moonrise |
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| Transect |
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| Distance m |
Height cm |
| -51 |
-104 |
| -48 |
-75 |
| -45 |
-22 |
| -42 |
-5 |
| -39 |
-15 |
| -36 |
-13 |
| -33 |
-11 |
| -30 |
-12 |
| -27 |
-12 |
| -24 |
-17 |
| -21 |
-18 |
| -18 |
-16 |
| -15 |
-17 |
| -12 |
-19 |
| -9 |
-28 |
| -6 |
-28 |
| -3 |
-18 |
| 0 |
0 |
| 3 |
8 |
| 6 |
6 |
| 9 |
14 |
| 12 |
7 |
| 15 |
17 |
| 18 |
0 |
| 21 |
6 |
| 24 |
4 |
| 27 |
4 |
| 30 |
9 |
| 33 |
12 |
| 36 |
24 |
| 39 |
4 |
| 42 |
4 |
| 45 |
19 |
| 48 |
30 |
| 51 |
38 |
| 54 |
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| sediment: beach edge
all sand; marsh silky smooth silty clay |
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strong smell of sulfur |
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| Biomass |
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| 1st quadrat |
0.5 m sq |
Spartina
alterniflora |
51 dead stems |
| 2nd quadrat |
0.5 m sq |
Juncus roemerianus &
sedge? |
176 stems |
| 3rd quadrat |
0.5 m sq |
Phragmites australis |
12 stems |
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| wrack line: |
eel grass and sea lettuce |
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| Floristics |
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| Baccharus
halimifolia |
groundsel |
| Cenchrus
tribuloides |
sand bur |
| Iva
frutescens |
marsh elder |
| Lechea
maritima |
pin weed |
| Limonium
carolinium |
sea lavendar |
| Myrica
cerifera |
wax myrtle |
| Spartina
alterniflora |
cord grass |
| Spartina
patens |
salt marsh hay |
| Ulva
sp. |
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sea lettuce |
| Zostera
marina |
eel grass |
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| Fauna |
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| Anas
americana |
wigeon duck |
| Anas
crecca |
teal |
| Ardea
herodias |
great blue heron |
| Balanus
sp. |
barnacles |
| Calinectes
sapidus |
blue crab |
| Crassostrea
virginica |
Eastern oyster |
| Crytopleura
costata |
angel wing |
| Ensis
directus |
Atlantic jack knife |
| Geukensia
demissa |
ribbed mussel |
| Haliaeetus
leucocephalus |
bald eagle |
| Larus
argentatus |
herring gulls |
| Littorina
irrorata |
marsh periwinkle |
| ondatra
zibethicus |
muskrat |
| Rallus
longirostris |
clapper rail |
| Siliqua
costata |
razor clam |
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fiddler crab (evidence) |
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vole |
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mosquitoes |
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mallard |
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