Port Isobel 2002 Data
10 November 2002

    
   
Beach site
Abiotic
temperature oC
air 16
sand, wet 13.5
sand, dry 15
water 14
salinity ppt 26
secchi disk (cm) 40
weather: windy, cloudy, mild

 

   
   
Transect Transect
Distance m Height cm 2001 Height cm 2002
-60 -95
-57 -90
-54 -89
-51 -104 -91
-48 -75 -89
-45 -22 -85
-42 -5 -80
-39 -15 -79
-36 -13 -75
-33 -11 -75
-30 -12 -68
-27 -12 -48
-24 -17 -41
-21 -18 -36
-18 -16 -41
-15 -17 -31
-12 -19 -31
-9 -28 -31
-6 -28 -22
-3 -18 -12
0 0 0
3 8 1
6 6 2
9 14 8
12 7 14
15 17 37
18 0 71
21 6 61
24 4 52
27 4 41
30 9 30
33 12 11
36 24 11
39 4 13
42 4 18
45 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


   
   
   
   
Biomass
1st quadrat 0.25 m sq Spartina patens 285 stems 25% cover
2nd quadrat 1 m sq Spartina alterniflora 100% cover
3rd quadrat Juncus roemeriana 100% cover
4th quadrat 1 m sq Phragmites australis 36 stems 100% cover
wrack line: eel grass and sea lettuce


   
   
Floristics
Baccharus halimifolia groundsel
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.  sea lettuce
Zostera marina eel grass
Gracelius red algae


   
   
Ardea herodias great blue heron
Aurelia auretia moon jelly
Balanus sp. barnacles
Calinectes sapidus blue crab
Chrysaora quinquincera sea nettle
Crassostrea virginica Eastern oyster
Crytopleura costata angel wing
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
fiddler crab (evidence)
vole
mosquitoes
mallard
red beard sponge
   
   
Distance (m) 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Height cm 2001 Height cm 2002
-60 -95
-57 -90
-54 -89
-51 -104 -91
-48 -75 -89
-45 -22 -85
-42 -5 -80
-39 -15 -79
-36 -13 -75
-33 -11 -75
-30 -12 -68
-27 -12 -48
-24 -17 -41
-21 -18 -36
-18 -90 -16 -41
-15 -60 -17 -31
-12 -14 -29 -19 -31
-9 -13 -23 -28 -31
-6 -9 -23 -28 -22
-3 -3 -15 -18 -12
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 5 11 27 30 13 8 1
6 7 20 32 44 39 6 2
9 8 44 36 54 41 14 8
12 21 66 45 53 40 7 14
15 32 89 42 55 43 17 37
18 28 72 46 68 52 0 71
21 29 44 52 77 63 6 61
24 32 46 48 67 72 4 52
27 35 43 41 55 4 41
30 39 9 30
33 12 11
36 24 11
39 4 13
42 4 18
45 19 11
48 30 27
51 38 20
54 62 10
13
15
34
31
41
34
37
39
36
31
28
19
13


   
   
   
 

 

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