Tides were low and it was time to head back to the trestle and finish up sampling in this area. We had Annie, Anne, Nam and of course Dickson the tireless volunteer. We finished up the shallower portions of our sampling areas well as a rock patch, a broken barge structure and mud flat all on the north side of the trestle.
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| Olympia oysters settled on the a rock in the rock patch area. |
It was nice to find a fair amount of oysters settled in the rock pile among many other types of sea creatures. Marine scientists can be a bit like children at times delighting in the simplest things such as turning over rocks and watching shore crabs scatter. Of course we know to replace the rock as we found them but not until after some exploration of what lives on and under it.
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| Brave shore crab thought he had a chance against Nam. |
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| Egg capsules, most likely invasive oyster drills. |
It was a muddy day that passed quickly as everyone knew what they were
doing and we didn't get chased in by the tide. It was fun watching
everyone working to not get stuck in the mud and enjoying the weather.
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| Anne, Nam, Dickson and myself survey the barge structure |
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| Muddy footprints outline our sample pattern. |
By the end of the day you could practically track our movements in the muddy footprints we left behind wherever we went. Annie had nearly perfected her cross country skiing technique applied to mud flats and scooted around like an expert.
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| Dr. Dinnel and I at the end of the day. |
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