Port Isobel Data 2001
   
    Port Isobel 1-3 Dec 2001
Abiotic
Weather: cool, windy (white caps), dry, partially cloudy, 
Temperature: air 12 C
sediment 12 C at 2.5 cm
water 9.8 C 1 m

 

   
   
Port Isobel's Study to Monitor Changes Due to Programs on the Island
Site 1
Area surrounding Baker and dorms
Transect
Triangulation: in front of boathouse
small oak  small oak
willow
line bisects line between trees and runs through willow,
and corner of boathouse

 

   
   
Distance (m) Height (cm)
-9 -82
-6 -71
-3 -54
0 0 splash zone (~10 AM)
3 65 steep rise due to erosion; vertical cuts and some
6 110 undercutting (20 cm) 
9 111
12 113
15 112
18 111
21 114
24 112
27 111
30 109

 

   
       
   
Biomass
3 m 1sq m quadrat biomass: Spartina alterniflora, sparse 25% cover
6 m 1 sq m quadrat biomass: Spartina patens w few stems Distichlis spicata 100% cover 
6 m 0.25 sq m quadrat biomass: Spartina patens >50 stems
9 m 1 sq m quadrat biomass: grass (fescue?mixed plot) and sand 50% cover
12-30 m 1 sq m quadrat biomass: varied, mostly 75% cover grass
Willow Salix (did not identify species)  dbh 23" or 57 cm
dbh 16" or 40 cm
dbh 21" or 54 cm
saplings; not identified  dbh 2" or 5.7 cm


   
   
Floristics
Distichlis spicata salt grass
Fescue ? cultivated grass
Pinus taeda loblolly pine
Quercus (sp.) oak
Salix (sp.) willow
Spartina alterniflora cord grass
Spartina patens salt meadow hay
   
   
Fauna
little evidence of fauna
many shell fragments, few feathers (gulls)


   
 

 

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