Boat Trip 5/19/2011

Boat trip to Anderson Bay, Shoup Bay, and Beach peninsula outside of Shoup Bay.
Temperature 35-40 degrees Fahrenheit, mostly cloudy and rainy
Listed are some of the organisms my classmates, professor and I saw and identified.


Blue mussel Mytilus edulis
Clam worm Alitta succinea
Giant Green Anemone Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Tidepool Sculpin Oligocottus maculosus
Ostrich fern- Matteuccia struthiopteris
Devil's Club Oplopanax horridus
Gumboot chiton Cryptochiton stelleri
Spiny mudstar Petalaster foliolata
Purple Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Ochre sea star Pisaster ochraceus
Harbor porpoise- Phocoena phocoena
Dalls porpoise- Phocoenoides dalli

Black oyster catcher- Haematopus bachmani
Harbour seal- Phoca vitulina
Sea otter- Enhydra lutris
Blue Top Snail Calliostoma ligatum
Methuselah's beard Usnea longissima
Salmon berry- Rubus spectabilis
Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum (Growing out of a rock)

This trip was incredible I'm so happy we got to go. It was really great to see the difference in the beaches.