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Port Isobel 2002 Data
10 November 2002
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| Port Isobel's Study to Monitor Changes Due to Programs on the
Island |
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| Site 1 |
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| Area
surrounding Baker and dorms |
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| Transect |
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| Triangulation:
in front of boathouse |
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small oak |
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small oak |
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willow |
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bisects line between trees and runs through willow, |
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corner of boathouse |
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| Abiotic |
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| weather: |
windy, cloudy, mild |
| temperature oC |
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air |
16 |
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sediment |
15 |
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water |
14 |
| salinity ppt |
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26 |
| secchi disk (cm) |
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40 |
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| Distance
(m) |
Height 2001 (cm) |
Height 2002 (cm) |
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| -9 |
-82 |
-91 |
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| -6 |
-71 |
-80 |
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| -3 |
-54 |
-67 |
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0 |
0 |
splash zone (~10 AM) |
| 3 |
65 |
65 |
steep rise due to
erosion; vertical cuts and some |
| 6 |
110 |
110 |
undercutting
(20 cm) |
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111 |
111 |
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| 12 |
113 |
113 |
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| 15 |
112 |
108.5 |
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| 18 |
114 |
125.5 |
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| 21 |
112 |
125.5 |
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| 24 |
109 |
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| Sediment: sand with some coarse debris and soil particles |
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| wrack
line at 0.12 m: Zostera marina
and Ulva |
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| Biomass |
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| 3
m 1sq m quadrat biomass: Spartina alterniflora,
sparse 25% cover |
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m 1 sq m quadrat biomass: Spartina patens
w few stems Distichlis spicata
100% cover |
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m 0.25 sq m quadrat biomass: Spartina patens
>50 stems |
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| 9
m 1 sq m quadrat biomass: grass (fescue?mixed plot) and sand 50%
cover |
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| 12-30
m 1 sq m quadrat biomass: varied, mostly 75% cover grass |
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| Willow |
Salix
(did not identify species) |
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dbh 23" or 57 cm |
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dbh 16" or 40 cm |
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dbh 21" or 54 cm |
| saplings;
not identified |
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dbh 2" or 5.7 cm |
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| Floristics |
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| 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 |
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| Fauna |
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| little
evidence of fauna |
| many
shell fragments, few feathers (gulls) |
| mosquitoes |
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