Port Isobel 8-10 Nov 2003 Data

 

   
   
Port Isobel 9 Nov 2003
Beach Site
Abiotic 
Temperatures
Air: 9.4 C
Sediment: 12.1 C
Water: 11.2 C
D.O: 10.2 ppm
Salinity 16 ppt

 

   
   
Water Transect 
Distance (m) Height (cm) 2003 Height cm 2001 Height cm 2002
-51 -91 -95
-48 -89 -90
-45 -85 -89
-42 -200 -5 -80
-39 -100 -15 -79
-36 -97 -13 -75
-33 -87 -11 -75
-30 -63 -12 -68
-27 0 -12 -48
-24 -8 -17 -41
-21 -14 -18 -36
-18 -11 -16 -41
-15 -2 -17 -31
-12 -7 -19 -31
-9 -10 -28 -31
-6 -9 -28 -22
-3 -6 -18 -12
0 0 0 0
3 37 8 1
6 40 6 2
9 58 14 8
12 68 7 14
15 74 17 37
18 77 0 71
21 113 6 61
24 128 4 52
27 88 4 41
30 75 9 30
33 74 12 11
36 76 24 11
39 56 4 13
42 20 4 18
45 0 19 11
48 30 27
51 38 20
54 62 10
57 13
60 15
63 34
66 31
69 41
72 34
75 37
78 39
81 36
84 31
87 28
90 19
93 13

 

   
   

   
         
   
sediment:  beach edge all sand; marsh silky smooth silty clay
strong smell of sulfur
Biomass
wrack line: back in Spartina alterniflora and Phrag
Floristics
Baccharus halimifolia groundsel
Iva frutescens marsh elder
Lechea maritima pin weed
Myrica cerifera wax myrtle
Spartina alterniflora cord grass
Spartina patens salt marsh hay
Ulva sp.  sea lettuce
Fauna
Balanus sp. barnacles
Calinectes sapidus blue crab
Crassostrea virginica Eastern oyster
Crytopleura costata angel wing
Donax variabilis coquina
Ensis directus Atlantic jack knife
Geukensia demissa ribbed mussel
Larus argentatus herring gulls
Littorina irrorata marsh periwinkle
Menidia beryllina silversides
Ondatra zibethicus muskrat
Rallus longirostris clapper rail
Siliqua costata razor clam
red beard sponge

 

   
         
       
 

 

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