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Port Isobel 8-10 Nov 2003 Data
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| Port Isobel 8-10 Nov 2003 |
| 9-Nov-03 |
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| Grass Bed |
11:55 AM |
| Abiotic |
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| temperature oC |
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air |
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water |
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| salinity ppt |
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| dissolved oxygen
ppm |
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| weather: |
warm, breezy, cloudy |
| secchi disk |
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| turbidity ntu |
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| depth |
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| Floristics |
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| Zostera
marina |
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eel grass |
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| Ruppia
maritima |
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widgeon grass |
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| Ulva |
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sea lettuce |
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| Fauna |
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abundance |
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| Balanus |
barnacles |
numerous |
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| Callinectes
sapidus |
blue crabs |
7 |
large, numerous small |
| Caprella |
skeleton shrimp |
numerous |
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| Crassotrea
virginica |
oyster spat |
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| Cynoscion
nebulosus |
sea trout |
1 |
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| Erichsonella
attentuata |
elongated eelgrass isopod |
numerous |
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| Gammarus spp. |
green scud |
2 |
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| Gobiesox
strumosus |
skillet fish |
1 |
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| Gobiosoma
bosc |
naked goby |
1 |
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| Fundulus
heteroclitus |
mummichug |
1 |
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| Hippocampus
erectus |
seahorse lined |
1 |
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| Menidia
beryllina |
silverside |
4 |
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| Paracerceis
caudata |
eelgrass pill bug |
1 |
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| Palaemonetes
vulgaris |
grass shrimp |
>25 |
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| Sabellaria
vulgaris |
sabellid worm |
4 |
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| Squilla
empusa |
mantis shrimp |
3 |
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| Syngnathus
fucus |
Northern pipefish |
3 |
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| Urosalpinx
cineria |
Atlantic oyster drill |
2 |
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amphipods |
numerous |
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bryzoans |
innumerable |
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dead man's fingers |
4 |
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| Crab
Sizes cm |
gender |
| 7 |
M |
| 10.4 |
M |
| 11 |
M |
| 13 |
F |
| 13.5 |
F |
| 35 |
M |
| 40 |
F |
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| historically
600,000 acres grassbeds in CB |
| now 60,000 acres
in CB |
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