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NATURE
Sea,
land, river ECONOMY
Regional PLACE
Books+ PEOPLES
Community Descent from known into unknown intertidal areas
during extreme low tides in July |
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Expected to find juvenile abalone – but nothing
seen Entering lower
intertidal in summer is like a ‘different world’ --- so much diversity –
which is so seldom accessible --- even scuba diving
would not help here as the laminarian kelps, the Nereocystis
(as left) would make the area too treacherous to dive into The surf grass is Phyllospadix scouleri |
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1= Henricia leviuscula more images 2 = Acmaea mitra (w encrusting coralline) 3 = Codium setchelli
with epiphytes |
These at
least are familiar |
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Farther down
less well known by me |
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But
the seastar is Dermasterias imbricata
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1 = tube
worm(?) 2 = purple
coral (?) (similar to hydrocoral) 3= orange
sponge(?) My gloved
finger in lower left corner A worm in
center of picture Location
lower intertidal East Island Below – same
spot – finger lower left Coralline algae
and more ‘don’t knows’ |
Strange new land |
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That bar at
top of picture (by word Nereocystis) used to have lots abalone --- but too
slippery to go look and tide rising quickly – plus can barely make out the
red urchins which means abs will not settle there anymore |
I am too cautious
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Created by LG on
JUL/29/2005
Last updated on Saturday, July 30, 2005