Port Isobel 8-10 Nov 2003 Data

 

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

 

   
   
Crab Sizes cm gender
7 M
10.4 M
11 M
13 F
13.5 F
35 M
40 F
historically 600,000 acres grassbeds in CB
now 60,000 acres in CB

 

   
         
         
 

 

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