Collecting Sites

8/6/2012 Day 1 at SMS

1. Todd and Celia

Adjacent to the Smithsonian Dock GPS: 27.4564N 80.3097W Depth: ~2m Coarse sand, shells, edge of sea grass

1. Nicole and Emily

Adjacent to the Smithsonian Dock (~100m away from #1) GPS: same as #1 Depth: ~2m Coarse sand, shells, edge of sea grass

1. Nicole, Emily and Celia

Sandy patch between sea grass ~150m from dock GPS: Depth: shallow less than 1m, ~50cm

1. Todd and Celia

Inlet near bridge on Seaway St GPS: Depth: shallow less than 1m Fine sand, seagrass bed

1. Nicole and Emily

Same as above Depth: 0-2m Usually fine sand in seagrass bed

1. Todd and Celia

"Deeper" sand past seagrass beds as in #4 and #5 GPS: Depth: 3m Coarse, shelly sand

1. Todd and Co.

South of inlet as in #4 and #5 GPS: Depth: 5-8m High energy beach, drifted in during collection, found flatfish in transit Medium sand and rubble